Donald Trump takes control of Republican race

Hillary Clinton admitted she has work to do to convince voters she has their best interests at heart, even as she celebrated her weekend win over rival Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in Nevada.

“We have a five-man race, and I think that it’s going to be, you know, not easy”, Trump said.

The billionaire’s commanding victory on Saturday in next-door SC forced his fiercest detractor, Jeb Bush, out of the race and raised fresh questions whether any mainstream candidate can emerge to win the nomination from Trump.

After several nail-biting hours, final results showed Florida Senator Marco Rubio in second place in the Republican contest with 22.5 percent of the vote, narrowly ahead of Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who had 22.3 percent.

2,000 miles away, Hillary Clinton scored an important victory in the Democratic caucus in Nevada.

Nate Jara ’16, vice president of the Cornell Democrats, predicted that Clinton’s victory in Nevada will build momentum for her campaign. The real estate mogul told “Fox News Sunday”, “I think I’ll be very presidential at the appropriate time”.

He finished a distant fourth, days after his brother, former President George W Bush, made a rare political appearance to boost his flagging campaign.

Trump had repeatedly attacked Bush throughout his campaign for the Republican nomination, calling him “weak”, “low-energy” and “an embarrassment” to the Bush family. “Once we get to March 15, if the die has not been cast by then, it’s a different game”. Ted Cruz, took a shot at Trump’s less-than-specific policy proposals.

Trump’s victory in SC on Saturday was vindication for political mavericks whose hunger for an outsider has defined this year’s campaign.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, an establishment favorite who racked up endorsements from four significant Republicans Monday, is in third in the state, according to the average, with 19%.

Once each state has voted in the primaries or caucuses, the delegates won by each party candidate will go on to endorse them at party conventions in July.

He appeared to take one last jab at Trump in his concession speech on Saturday, saying “Despite what you may have heard, ideas matter”.

Instead, they’ve got to worry that Trump will keep beating Cruz among evangelicals, as he did in SC.