Subject: TwentySixteen: Northeastern Primaries Push Clinton and Trump Closer to Victory
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 06:12:43 -0600

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The Lead
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton "barreled toward a general election showdown on Tuesday night as they dominated primaries in Pennsylvania, Maryland and other Eastern states, piling up enough delegates to close in on their parties' nominations. Looking past their fading rivals, the two even taunted each other in dueling election-night events. ...Clinton chided the Republican's penchant for harsh language by saying that 'love trumps hate.'" Trump "was more bluntly dismissive of...Clinton, saying her appeal boiled down to her gender. 'Frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don't think she would get 5 percent of the vote,' ...Trump said." Trump "swept all five primaries," and "received more than half the vote in every state, after months of winning most primaries by only pluralities."
 Clinton won four out of five states, with the exception of Rhode Island. (
http://click.mail.nationaljournal.com/?qs=f0eb38edde72aa44674adcd52e0a8b9cccd364765d7e19dce4d8f2f527d63996 
New York Times) Bernie Sanders's "campaign vowed Tuesday to remain in the fight through the California primary on June 7, and perhaps until the party's convention in July. As word of...Clinton's victories rolled in on Tuesday night, he gave a defiant speech in West Virginia, predicting he would win the state when it votes May 10." Clinton, meanwhile, is increasingly turning her attention to the general election. (
http://click.mail.nationaljournal.com/?qs=f0eb38edde72aa44f1508bbbc4d7570f19eba37738b6bb64c44fd382471d7f7e 
New York Times)

Follow the links for full results from 
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Connecticut, 
http://click.mail.nationaljournal.com/?qs=f0eb38edde72aa44bd6b6c11eede89937d8debf4ea66f699b511ea28ec7c4859 
Delaware, 
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Maryland, 
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Pennsylvania, and 
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Rhode Island. (AP)

TRUMP DOMINATING: With his Tuesday wins, "Trump has passed Mitt Romney's popular vote total from four years ago and is on a trajectory that could land him more Republican votes than any presidential candidate in modern history - by a lot. Trump surged to 9.9 million votes," close to the 10.8 million votes won by former President George W. Bush in 2000. (
http://click.mail.nationaljournal.com/?qs=f0eb38edde72aa44ee4eacd3157cc88432f9e72773f4d4b572bc7dfcd38efc31 
Politico) To summarize John Kasich's poor night: He lost the town of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, where he grew up, to Trump. (
http://click.mail.nationaljournal.com/?qs=f0eb38edde72aa44abfd9795b6d41bebf5b3173d08e1b75b29b78147e6dfc96b 
Washington Post)

ALL-IMPORTANT INDIANA: Looking past Tuesday, if Trump can win Indiana and California, "he will be favored to win the nomination." Indiana votes next, on May 3. (
http://click.mail.nationaljournal.com/?qs=f0eb38edde72aa4484063afdb038b5fc52403f4f17db5edee0d8b9c56bf9cf76 
New York Times) "Trump still needs to win Indiana - and he's starting to act like it." Trump is "spending more than $900,000 on TV and radio ads. He's working the inside game, wooing Gov. Mike Pence one-on-one" and "is in the midst of doubling the ground team there, with plans to balloon his in-state operation to 40 people. ...Indiana is critical. If Trump doesn't carry the state and most of its 57 delegates on May 3, his path to lock up the 1,237 delegates he needs would require a near-sweep of California." (
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Politico) Ted Cruz "doesn't have as much momentum entering Indiana as he did in the run-up to Wisconsin, but he doesn't need a 13-point blowout to stop Trump, either. Even a razor-thin victory should net Cruz a majority of delegates in the state." (
http://click.mail.nationaljournal.com/?qs=f0eb38edde72aa44b490cf9de3cf0299f32e0ed10e5e673df828e822c608932d 
National Journal )

SANDERS'S SENATE FUTURE: If Sanders's does lose the Democratic primary, he could "translate a campaign that electrified progressives into a stronger and higher-profile Senate role-if he wants it...[I]f Democrats regain the Senate majority this fall...Sanders would likely become chairman of the Budget Committee, where he's now the top Democrat, or possibly the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Both would give him a visible platform to continue pushing his campaign themes."(
http://click.mail.nationaljournal.com/?qs=f0eb38edde72aa44e3264f94bcd8820c67195e309a9ecf01941afc6e89b19295 
National Journal)

NUMBER OF THE DAY: 11. The number of states former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (R) had won by this point in the 2012 Republican presidential primary, compared to a combined total of 10 so far for Cruz and Kasich. 

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Travel Tracker
Cruz and Sanders are campaigning in Indiana today.

Trump will deliver a foreign policy speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. at 12 noon ET, before heading to Indiana for a rally in Indianapolis.

Trail Mix 
"A New York judge decided Tuesday that a fraud case against ...Trump over" Trump University "will go to trial-raising the possibility that the Republican presidential primary front-runner could testify during campaign season." (
http://click.mail.nationaljournal.com/?qs=f0eb38edde72aa4457372df3c4f54b78602648f7e48ef183177e4d454c3b68bd 
Fox News )

Kasich "isn't featured in Oregon's voters' pamphlet for the May primary election." The guide is sent out to every Oregon household. "The state said the Kasich campaign failed to submit information by the March 10 deadline." (
http://click.mail.nationaljournal.com/?qs=f0eb38edde72aa44b040818155cbabbd47fe95df717ea8b62f44aef6187ac059 
Register-Guard)

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) will be a delegate for his state at the Republican National Convention. (
http://click.mail.nationaljournal.com/?qs=f0eb38edde72aa440ba80e59ca5efbdfa7d891eec161237bcad7694b1b82ffd9 
Wisconsin Public Radio )

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY-21), who represents an Obama district, won't attend the GOP convention. (
http://click.mail.nationaljournal.com/?qs=f0eb38edde72aa4496bc63871afbca0faa1576ce5340af691c3876601be7f2ef 
Glens Falls Post-Star ) 

A Morning Consult poll of Trump supporters shows their opinions differ wildly when it comes to picking America's greatest year, in reference to Trump's slogan. (
http://click.mail.nationaljournal.com/?qs=f0eb38edde72aa44841b7f88486190a7825f56eee5080a3e3b142b4647b78c10 
New York Times)

INDIANA PRIMARY: 6 days.

ELECTION DAY COUNTDOWN: 195 days.

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