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Trump, Clinton cruise to easy wins in New York

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton celebrates on stage after winning the New York state primary election Tuesday, April 19, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton celebrates on stage after winning the New York state primary election Tuesday, April 19, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton swept to resounding victories in Tuesday’s New York primary, with Trump bouncing back convincingly from a difficult stretch in his Republican campaign and Clinton pushing tantalizingly close to locking up the Democratic nomination. “The race for the nomination is in the home stretch, and victory is in sight,” Clinton declared to cheering supporters. Trump captured more than 50 percent of the vote in New York and was headed toward a big delegate haul in his home state, a commanding showing that keeps him on a path to the GOP nomination if he continues to win. He claimed at least 89 of the 95 delegates at stake Tuesday, with Ohio Gov. John Kasich winning at least three and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in danger of getting shut out/Associated Press. More here.

Question: Do you think these big wins in New York finally settled things in favor of Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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