Donald Trump won Indiana’s Republican presidential primary Tuesday and Ted Cruz suspended his campaign after waging a last ditch effort to deny the billionaire businessman the GOP nomination.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were vying for victory in the Democratic primary, though it was too early to call the race as votes were being tallied.
Rep. Todd Young captured the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, while nominations for two open congressional seats were also being decided.
The top leader of the Indiana Senate also turned aside a primary challenger.
Voters cast a record number of early ballots and high turnout was reported Tuesday, especially in some heavily Republican counties in suburban Indianapolis.
PRESIDENTIAL STAKES
Trump will collect at least 45 of Indiana’s 57 Republican delegates to the party’s national convention. Trump won 30 of those with his statewide victory.
Clinton and Sanders will split 83 of Indiana’s Democratic delegates based on their vote percentages in each congressional district. The state has nine Democratic superdelegates, who are members of Congress or party leaders and can support the candidate of their choice regardless of the outcome of the primary outcome.
EARLIER STORY
Ted Cruz is ending his campaign for president, putting Donald Trump on a glide path to claim the Republican Party’s nomination.
The conservative firebrand and Texas senator had tried to cast himself as the only viable alternative to the billionaire businessman. But his campaign said he was to announce his decision to drop out of the race after losing to Trump in Tuesday’s Indiana primary.