WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on the 2016 presidential race (all times local):
10:30 a.m.
Bernie Sanders is imploring supporters in New Jersey to keep fighting despite his long odds. He says “Don’t let anybody tell you this campaign is over.”
Sanders trails Hillary Clinton by nearly 300 delegates won in primaries and caucuses, but vows to press on into the Democratic convention.
He told an Atlantic City rally he hopes for wins in New Jersey, California and other states on June 7 to narrow the gap against Clinton.
If he can win a majority of the delegates from the primary season, he says, he can come out of the convention with the nomination.
But Sanders would have to win 66 percent of the remaining pledged delegates. So far, he is winning just 45 percent. And he trails even more when the party insiders known as superdelegates are included.
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9 a.m.
Sarah Palin isn’t taking kindly to House Speaker Paul Ryan’s decision to hold off on a Donald Trump endorsement. She’s declared that Ryan’s “political career is over, but for a miracle,” and says she’ll work for his defeat in the August Wisconsin GOP primary.
Palin was the vice presidential candidate on the Republican ticket in 2008 and now is a prominent Trump supporter. On Monday, Trump declined to echo Palin’s harsh words about the speaker from a day earlier, saying, “Sarah is very much a free agent.”
The presumptive presidential nominee drove his remaining rivals out of the race but is struggling to close the deal with party insiders like Ryan.
The two are expected to meet this week.