Meanwhile, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz won in ME and Kansas. If Trump takes Florida and OH he would be almost impossible to stop.
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Trump now has 384 delegates to 300 for Cruz and 151 for Rubio. The results did not alter the contours of a race in which Mrs Clinton maintains a significant delegate lead.
Though Cruz won more delegates Saturday, Trump had first-place wins in Louisiana and Kentucky, and noted he has scored second in virtually every race he hasn’t won. In order to win the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, a candidate must win 1,237 delegates at the party’s national convention.
If Kasich wins MI, he becomes the odds-on favorite to win the winner-take-all primary in his home state of OH on March 15, and could have a strong showing that night in IL as well.
The next day of contests is Tuesday, when Michigan, Mississippi, Hawaii and Idaho votes. What’s at stake? 126 delegates for Democrats and 155 for Republicans. While there was extremely limited polling in ME, many (this author, a ME native, included) assumed he would do well there given the near-identical demographics of the state compared to Vermont and New Hampshire-both of which were huge Trump victories.
Washington D.C., Mar.6: After splitting victories in four nominating contests with front-runner Donald Trump, Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz claimed that he is the party’s best chance before NY billionaire.
Heading into Saturday’s round of voting, Clinton had 1,066 delegates to Sanders’ 432, including superdelegates – members of Congress, governors and party officials who can support the candidate of their choice.
“Marco Rubio is the right person in Florida”, he said.
“I want Ted one-on-one, okay”, said Mr Trump. John McCain – are fearful a Trump victory would lead to a disastrous November election, with losses up and down the Republican ticket.
A couple hours later, the Maine Republican Party announced that Cruz was the victor in its caucuses.
On the Democratic side, Senator Bernie Sanders won the Kansas and Nebraska caucuses, while former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton posted an overwhelming win over Sanders in the Louisiana primary.
Clinton has opened up a big delegate lead and Sanders might have a tough time making up the difference.
“We had a pretty good night”, Trump also told Fox News on Sunday, acknowledging that he didn’t spend a lot of time campaigning in Maine. Sanders won Nebraska and Kansas, and will likely win Maine’s Democratic caucus that is held being held today, Sunday.
Sanders said the win in Nebraska coupled with a double- digit victory in Kansas put him on a path toward victory. Graham, who ended his own White House bid earlier this year, said Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich “have got to decide among themselves” whether they can be a realistic alternative to front-runner Trump.
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“As long as the field remains divided, it gives Donald an advantage”, Cruz said Saturday. Clinton also has the support of 90 per cent of the so-called “super-delegates” who are basically party-appointed hacks who can exercise conscience votes instead of expressing grassroots sentiment.
