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Insiders: Kasich could win a contested convention

In the event of a contested Republican convention this summer, John Kasich is the candidate most acceptable to GOP delegates.

That’s according to members of The POLITICO Caucus – a panel of political insiders in seven battleground states – who said Kasich would be the most palatable of the three remaining Republican presidential candidates in a contested convention, despite the fact the Ohio governor is last in delegates and the only one mathematically eliminated from clinching a majority before the July convention.

Delegate Selection Could Be Key at Contested GOP Convention

It is looking more and more likely that no candidate on the Republican side will arrive at the convention with enough delegates to claim the nomination on the first ballot. Both businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz could still potentially win the necessary 1,237 delegates needed for a majority, while Ohio Gov. John Kasich has no possible path to a first-ballot win. So long as all three remain in the race, a contested convention seems more and more ... Read More >>

Nathaniel Rome, the chairman of Pennsylvania Students for Rubio and a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, has decided to drop the challenge to Kasich’s standing on the ballot, according to Chris Bravacos, Marco Rubio’s Pennsylvania state chairman and the brother of the lawyer representing Rome in the case.

The Republican race may come down to California. Here’s how that would look.

I hate to be the one to tell you this, since you’ve been so patient for the month-and-a-half that people have already been voting and because you, like any sane person, have only a limited capacity to care that much about the daily intricacies of what’s happening in American politics. But tell you I must, because it is important that you be Informed and that you not be Deluded into thinking that this thing is almost Done.

Republicans Enter a Shadow Campaign to Sew Up Delegates

With more than half the states having now held their nominating contests, Donald J. Trump and Senator Ted Cruz are quietly directing their attention to a second, shadow election campaign — one that is out of sight, little understood but absolutely critical if Republicans arrive at their national convention with Mr. Trump short of a majority of delegates.

GOP senator endorses Kasich

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) endorsed Republican presidential candidate John Kasich, his campaign announced on Wednesday.

“Out of the three still in the race for president, John is my guy,” Inhofe said in a news release.

With only two non-Trump candidates remaining in what began as 17 person Republican field, Ted Cruz is giving fellow survivor John Kasich what amounts to be the silent treatment

The strategy reflects the campaign’s view that the Ohio Governor is a distraction in what they see as a two-man race between Trump and Cruz. The Texas Senator has no plans to go after Kasich’s record on issues such has gun control, Ohio’s Medicaid expansion, or immigration.