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Donald Trump now has more than half of the delegates he needs to get the Republican nomination. But that isn’t stopping his opponents from doing everything they can to stop him.

John Kasich took home his winner-take-all state of Ohio, which gets the party closer to a contested convention.

Clinton, Trump Have Very, Very Good Nights

Last night’s results aren’t quite complete, with recounts possible in Missouri on both the Democratic and Republican sides, but the takeaway this morning seems to be that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had an excellent night and businessman Donald Trump did very well also. Dan Balz of The Washington Post summarized much of the conventional thinking this morning with the following article:

A good night for Trump and a better night for Clinton

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John Kasich never won the conservative vote in any state. He never even finished second. Even in New Hampshire, where he beat Ted Cruz statewide, Kasich never beat Cruz among the conservative vote.

In Ohio, however, Kasich carried the “conservative” bloc with 40 percent. Among the “very conservative” third of the electorate, Kasich beat Ted Cruz. Kasich also won the Evangelical vote, doubling Cruz’s percentage.

Donald Trump celebrated a string of primary wins at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Tuesday in a palatial room of white paint, gold detailing, and crystal chandeliers that looked ready for an imperial coronation.

Not quite yet, though.

The Stop Trump movement’s last realistic hope is now a contested convention in Cleveland

Donald Trump won big and continues his march toward the Republican nomination. He won at least three, and possibly four, of Tuesday’s contests. (That’s not counting the Northern Marianas islands, where he won all the available delegates.) Realistically, the only way he can be stopped now is at the convention in Cleveland in July. Marco Rubio dropped out after losing his home state by 19 points. John Kasich survived by winning all 66 delegates from his home state, but it’s not clear he’ll be able to win any others. Ted Cruz over-performed and solidified his status as the main alternative to the polarizing front-runner.

A good night for Trump and a better night for Clinton

It was a good night for Donald Trump and an even better night for Hillary Clinton. On one of the most important days of the primary season, the two front-runners continued what has become an inexorable march to their party’s presidential nominations and a general election matchup that was unimagined when this campaign began.