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- Donald Trump is entering the final stretch of the 2016 Republican primary contest
Donald Trump is closing in on the Republican presidential nomination, but he likely can't secure it until the last day of primary voting, if then.
Following his Super Tuesday sweep, Trump enters the final ten contests of the 2016 Republican primary race in a strong position to capture the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the nomination and avoid a convention showdown. He currently leads the pack with 951 delegates, trailed by Ted Cruz, at 564, and John Kasich, who sits third among the remaining GOP hopefuls with 152.
Cruz and Kasich had already been mathematically eliminated from reaching 1,237 before the convention. But Trump still has a chance, although he'll need to perform well in Indiana, where recent polls suggest a tight race, and in the four remaining winner-take-all states. What's more, the biggest prize of all, California, does not hold it's primary until June. It's nearly impossible for him to clinch the key delegate threshold before the last races on June 7.
This map shows how we got here. To date, 1,970 bound and unbound delegates have been contested.
There are 502 delegates left in the remaining contests:
Possible outcomes
Illustrations by Will Mullery, Luke Rotzler, Shutterstock
