Math, Momentum Point to Trump, Clinton Nominations

Business mogul Donald Trump has moved closer to the Republican nomination, winning in three states Tuesday.

"We have to bring our party together," he told his supporters Tuesday night. "We have to bring it together."

While Trump may not have brought the party together yet, math and momentum are now clearly on his side. 

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On Tuesday, he won in North Carolina, Illinois, and Florida, bringing an end to Sen. Marco Rubio's campaign.

"While it's not God's plan that I be president in 2016 or maybe ever, the fact that I've come this far is evidence of how truly special America is," the Florida lawmaker said.

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But in Ohio, Trump did fall to its governor, John Kasich.

"We are going to go all the way to Cleveland and secure the Republican nomination," Kasich told his supporters.

There's no clear path there for Kasich, however. Six weeks of primary voting have given Trump more than half of the delegates he needs to secure the Republican nomination.

This billionaire now has 621 compared to Sen. Ted Cruz's 396 delegates and Kasich's 138.

Even so, anti-Trump Republicans are pressing in to prevent the frontrunner from winning the GOP nomination. 

The Associated Press reports that a group of conservatives plan to meet Thursday to discuss a contested convention and the possibility of a third-party candidate.

Even House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is not ruling out the idea of being drafted by the party.

"People say, 'What about the contested convention?' I say, well, there are a lot of people running for president. We'll see. Who knows," Ryan told CNBC.

Meanwhile on the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton clearly strengthened her hand on Tuesday, taking Florida, Illinois, Ohio, and North Carolina.

"We are moving closer to securing the Democratic Party's nomination and winning this election in November," she told supporters Tuesday.

She now has at least 1,561 delegates, almost twice as many as her rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Undaunted, Sanders is now hoping to make up ground in the west where all the campaigns now head.

Next week's races include voting for both parties in Utah and Arizona.