AP, Washington
Front-runners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump pushed for big wins on friendlier terrain in the Northeast Sunday as they tried to build challenge-proof delegate majorities ahead of their nominating conventions against rivals who won’t go away.
Both Trump and Clinton campaigned in New York ahead of its April 19 primary which offers a large trove of delegates who will select the parties’ nominees at their national conventions in July.
Trump is seeking to rebound in his home state after a decisive loss to his main rival, the ultraconservative Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, last Tuesday in Wisconsin.
The billionaire real estate developer remains well short of the 1,237 delegates he needs to clinch the Republican nomination. His campaign is now focusing on developing a delegate-centered strategy akin to the one that Cruz has pursued for months. “A more traditional approach is needed and Donald Trump recognizes that,” Paul Manafort, Trump’s new delegate chief, said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”