On Tuesday night, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz suspended his campaign after a loss in the Indiana primary. At 8:42, he said that, “Though I am suspending our campaign, we are not suspending our fight for liberty.” Sen. Cruz dropped out after a bone-crushing loss by 17 percentage points in the Indiana GOP Primary, and failed to endorse any candidate, although he seemed to point to John Kasich as an unspoken endorsement.
Sen. Cruz seemed to be the only candidate to have a chance to knock out Donald J. Trump, mathematically eliminated the possibility of a contested convention. Cruz dropped out tonight with a total of 567 delegates. Interestingly, he never mentioned the names of Mr. Trump or Gov. Kasich. At this point, with less than 7 states remaining, Trump is now the guaranteed nominee. Mr. Trump will now turn his full attention to Democratic candidate Sec. Clinton. This opens the door for a Kasich dropout and a Trump versus Clinton general election.
Now, as Sen. Sanders and Mr. Trump have won the Indiana primary, it brings another question: does Sanders now have a new path to victory?
Editors Note: At press time, Kasich has officially dropped out of the race according to CNN.com.