WASHINGTON (AP) – With five more states in the rear-view mirror, presidential candidates will spend Wednesday recalculating cold, hard delegate math and plotting strategy for the contests still to come – 10 for Republicans, 16 for Democrats.
After a strong night Tuesday, front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will try to brush off their rivals like lint on a sleeve. Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz will look for love in Indiana. John Kasich will look further out on the political calendar to Oregon for someplace to show viability.
What to watch on Wednesday, the day after five Northeastern states had their say in the presidential race:
DIALING FOR DELEGATES
Pennsylvania elected 54 unpledged Republican delegates on its primary night. The prospective delegates’ names were listed on the ballot with no information about which presidential candidates they support. So it’ll take some effort to figure out who they plan to back. Watch for commitments to different candidates to start trickling out. Pennsylvania had 17 other delegates who will be bound to Trump, who won the popular vote there as part of his five-state sweep Tuesday.