Donald Trump won the Republican primary in Indiana on Tuesday, a blow to rival Ted Cruz in his effort to stop Trump from securing enough delegates to clinch the GOP nomination.
Bernie Sanders held a slight lead over Hillary Clinton in early results.
Trump is now the favorite to win the GOP nomination, a notion unthinkable to many in the GOP establishment a year ago when his potential presidential bid was regarded as a lark or publicity stunt.
Cruz can no longer amass a majority of the delegates by the time of the Republican National Convention in July, and Trump’s string of victories raise doubts that he can deny Trump a majority by that point.
“Lyin’ Ted Cruz consistently said that he will, and must, win Indiana,” Trump tweetedshortly after the race was called. “If he doesn’t he should drop out of the race-stop wasting time & money.”
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