Donald Trump took Florida, Illinois, and North Carolina. John Kasich won his home state of Ohio. But since Marco Rubio couldn’t even take his home state of Florida, he has quit the race. Ted Cruz and Trump were in a virtual tie in Missouri.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton won all five of the primaries–Missouri by the barest of margins–likely spelling the end for Bernie Sanders. (Not that he will quit the race.)
See the full results here.
For the total delegate counts, go here.From Trump tops Rubio in Florida, falls to Kasich in Ohio:
Donald Trump won a decisive victory in Florida’s primary Tuesday night, forcing home-state Sen. Marco Rubio to abandon the race for the Republican presidential nomination. The brash billionaire also picked up North Carolina and Illinois, but faltered in Ohio.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich notched his first and only victory of the primary season by carrying his home state, but he has the fewest delegates of anyone still in the running and had virtually no electoral path to the nomination.
Trump, holding forth at his resort Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, urged Republicans to unify in support of him. They are reluctant to do so.
“Millions of people are coming in to vote,” Trump said, citing long lines at the polls and Democrats and new voters choosing him. “We have a great opportunity.”
Missouri was the fifth state to hold a primary contest Tuesday. The other contender, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, is hoping to pick up enough delegates to force a contested national GOP convention in July. Cruz made direct overtures to those who had supported Rubio, saying he stands alone as the last Republican hope of defeating Trump.
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