Presidential race: What’s next?

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indiana primary election will be remembered as a turning point in the 2016 race for the White House.

GOP front-runner Donald Trump claimed a win with a large majority of the votes.

“The people of Indiana have been incredible… You don’t get better. And the crowds got bigger and bigger and toward the end I didn’t want to leave. I almost said maybe I’ll just never leave and it resonated somehow and we had a tremendous victory today. It was a tremendous victory,” Trump said.

Trump received 53 percent of the vote compared to the 37 percent for Ted Cruz. That means Trump took a majority of the 57 Indiana delegates pushing him very close to the 1,237 threshold needed to win the nomination out right.

“We will continue to fight next week and next month and next year and together we will continue as long as God grants us the strength to fight on,” Cruz said Tuesday. “Our movement will continue and I give you my word that I will continue this fight with all my strength and all of my ability.”

Trump congratulated Cruz on his campaign during statements Tuesday night as well.

“Just so you understand, Ted Cruz, I don’t know if he likes me or doesn’t like me, but he is one hell of a competitor. He is a tough smart guy,” Trump said.

Republican Chairman Reince Priebus tweeted this Tuesday night.

It’s clear Trump is already transitioning into general election mode. He focused many of his comments Tuesday on Clinton saying she would not be a good president.

But will the Cruz supporters and the rest of the party get behind Trump? We’ll have to see when voters in the Nebraska and West Virginia primaries hit the polls on May 10th. Even with Cruz out of the race, it will likely be June before Trump can hit that needed delegate count.

There’s one Republican not ready to board the Trump train, Ohio Governor John Kasich, who remains in the race and criticized Priebus for calling Trump the presumptive nominee.