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Kasich says does not need delegate lead to win nomination
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[March 08, 2016]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ohio Governor
John Kasich, who has staked his Republican presidential campaign on the
upcoming contests in the Midwest, said on Monday he would not need a
lead in the delegate count before his party's convention to win the
nomination, according to media reports.
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 "In order to be the nominee, you have to have a certain number of
votes," Kasich said after a town hall in Monroe, Michigan, which
holds its presidential primary on Tuesday.
"You’ve got to win. You don’t just say, 'Well, I have more than
anybody else, therefore I’m in,'" Kasich said, according to the
Washington Post.
Kasich, who is rising in some opinion polls to compete with Ted Cruz
for second place in Michigan's Republican primary, has embraced the
idea of a brokered convention to choose the nominee if no one gets a
majority of delegates in the nominating contests for the Nov. 8
election.
New York billionaire Donald Trump is at the top of the dwindling
Republican pack with the highest delegate count, but victories on
Saturday by Cruz, the U.S. senator from Texas, cut into his lead.
Kasich trails all his rivals, including U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of
Florida, in delegates won.
Kasich's best showing so far in the presidential nominating contests
was second place in New Hampshire. He is hoping for a similar result
in Michigan and an outright win in his home state on March 15 to
keep his campaign viable.
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He bristled on Monday when asked about contentions by some
Republicans that he is a spoiler in the race to beat Trump, whose
rhetoric on immigrants, Muslims and women has raised alarm within
the Republican establishment and beyond.
"Maybe they're spoiling it for me. Maybe they all ought to get out,"
Kasich said on Fox News on Monday.
(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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