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At Press Time:
Trump, Clinton dominate Super Tuesday; Rubio drops out
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don- But the contests brought at the party’s convention and Rubio left the race about her candidacy.
ald Trump scored three vic- little clarity. Trump won the in July. The result could be with 163. It takes 1,237 del- “We are moving closer to
tories Tuesday, including a biggest prize — all 99 Flor- a contested convention, egates to win the Republi- securing the Democratic
decisive win in Florida, but ida delegates — as well creating an unpredictable can nomination for presi- Party nomination and win-
lost Ohio to the state’s gov- as winning North Carolina outcome. dent. ning this election in Novem-
ernor, John Kasich, as the and Illinois, and was locked This was the first victory for In the Democratic race, ber,” Clinton told cheering
billionaire’s rivals desper- supporters at a victory rally
ately tried to stop his march Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a Republican primary in West Palm Beach, Flori-
to the party’s presidential night event at Florida International University in Miami, Fla., Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Rubio is end- da. A confident Clinton piv-
nomination. Hillary Clinton ing his campaign for the Republican nomination for president after a humiliating loss in his home oted quickly to November
won at least three states, state of Florida. by assailing Trump’s hard-
dealing a severe blow line immigration positions
to Bernie Sanders’ bid to (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) and support for torture.
slow her march toward the “Our commander-in-chief
Democratic nomination. in a tight race with Cruz in Kasich, whose upbeat mes- Clinton’s victories in Florida has to be able to defend
Marco Rubio, the Florida Missouri. He told a victory sage and long record of and North Carolina were our country, not embarrass
senator who staked his rally in Florida, “This was an government service has expected, but Sanders, a it,” she declared.
once-promising campaign amazing night.” had little resonance as his Vermont senator and self- Trump has alienated many
on winning in his home But Kasich’s win, capturing rivals seized on voter’s anxi- described democratic so- Republicans and Demo-
state, dropped out of the all of Ohio’s 66 delegates, ety and disdain for Wash- cialist, had hoped to take crats alike with his dispar-
presidential race shortly was crucial to keeping ington. While he could ben- the industrial state of Ohio, aging remarks about Mexi-
after the polls closed. That alive the hopes of those try- efit from Rubio dropping which Clinton won. He has cans, Muslims and women
leaves Kasich as the last ing to stop Trump. out, he remains a longshot criticized the former sec- among others. He entered
true establishment candi- While Trump had amassed for the nomination. He is retary of state for her past Tuesday’s primaries em-
date running against Trump the most delegates going unlikely to overtake Trump, support for trade deals. broiled in one of the big-
and arch-conservative Tex- into Tuesday, he’s won few- though he could help keep Sanders is unlikely to over- gest controversies of his
as Sen. Ted Cruz. er than 50 percent of them. Trump below the 50 per- take Clinton in the dele- contentious campaign. He
The brash and controversial If that pace continues, he cent threshold. gate count, but his victory has encouraged support-
reality TV star has upend- would fall short of the ma- With Trump’s win in Florida, last week in Michigan un- ers to confront protesters at
ed the political establish- jority that he would need to he now has 568 delegates. derscored the unease that his events and is now fac-
ment by winning most of assure him the nomination Cruz has 370, Kasich 129 many party voters have ing accusations of encour-
the state-by-state compe- aging violence after skir-
titions for delegates who mishes at a rally last week
will choose the Republican in Chicago that he ended
nominee. He has seized up cancelling.
on Americans’ anger with “I don’t think I should be
Washington politicians, toning it down because
winning over voters with I’ve had the biggest ral-
his simply worded promise lies of anybody probably
to make America great ever,” Trump said Tuesday
again. on ABC’s “Good Morning
Tuesday’s votes in five America.” ‘’We have had
states had been viewed very, very little difficultly.”
as a pivotal moment in the Rubio and Kasich have
presidential campaign. For suggested they might not
the first time, two states — be able to support Trump
Ohio and Florida — had if he’s the nominee, an ex-
winner-take-all contests. A traordinary stance for intra-
Trump sweep could have party rivals. All of the Re-
given him an insurmount- publican candidates had
able lead in the delegate earlier pledged to support
count. the nominee.q
