Donald Trump wins Republican primary in Washington state
May 24, 2016, 8:12 PM | Updated: 8:57 pm
Not surprisingly, Donald Trump has won the Republican primary in Washington state.
Trump had 77 percent of the vote Tuesday night. While he’s the only Republican candidate remaining in the presidential race, Ted Cruz and John Kasich took 10 percent of the vote.
Trump won at least 27 delegates on Tuesday, with 17 still left to be allocated. The billionaire businessman has 1,196 delegates. It takes 1,237 delegates to win the GOP nomination.
Washingtonians were able to cast their ballot for Kasich and Cruz because they suspended their campaigns after ballots were printed. Ben Carson never submitted a withdrawal of candidacy.
Democrats will ignore the results of Tuesday’s primary, having chosen to continue to use the party caucus system to allocate their national convention delegates. Bernie Sanders won the Democratic caucuses in March. Hillary Clinton won in Washington state Tuesday night and holds a commanding lead over Sanders nationwide.
Related: Protesters interrupt Trump rally in New Mexico
There are no more Republican contests until June 7, when the last five states vote. With a total of 303 delegates at stake in California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota, Trump should easily clinch the nomination that day.
Also not shocking, the focus on Tuesday night was a protest at a Trump rally in New Mexico. Demonstrators threw burning T-shirts, plastic bottles and other items at officers, overturned trash cans and knocked down barricades.
Police responded by firing pepper spray and smoke grenades into the crowd outside the Albuquerque Convention Center.
During the rally, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was interrupted repeatedly by protesters, who shouted, held up banners and resisted removal by security officers.
The banners included the messages “Trump is Fascist” and “We’ve heard enough.”
Trump responded with his usual bluster, instructing security to remove the protesters and mocking their actions by telling them to “Go home to mommy.”
He responded to one demonstrator by asking, “How old is this kid?” Then he provided his own answer: “Still wearing diapers.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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