Kasich said to drop out, leaving Trump the GOP nominee

Ron Kampeas

Ohio Gov. John Kasich addressesing the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, March 21, 2016. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Ohio Gov. John Kasich addressesing the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, March 21, 2016. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich is dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, leaving Donald Trump the nominee.

Trump, a real estate magnate who has been sweeping primary contests, was all but guaranteed the party nod Tuesday evening after his closest competitor, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, dropped out of the race. Kasich lagged far behind in delegates and it was virtually impossible for him to catch up.

Multiple media outlets cited Kasich sources as saying that he would announce the end of his campaign on Wednesday evening in Ohio’s capital, Columbus.

Kasich, a longtime congressman before he became governor, has long-established ties to his state’s Jewish community and to the national pro-Israel community.

Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., are still vying for the Democratic nod, although Clinton, a former secretary of state, appears to have a prohibitive lead in delegates.

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