Kasich’s hopes rest on a contested convention

CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich had a gym full of cheering supporters and confetti as well as 66 brand new Republican presidential delegates after his home-state victory, but he's got no mathematical path to win the GOP nomination outright. By winning the do-or-die Ohio primary, Kasich lives to fight on against front-runner Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. But his only way to his party's nomination is by way of a contested Republican National Convention, where he would try to

CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich had a gym full of cheering supporters and confetti as well as 66 brand new Republican presidential delegates after his home-state victory, but he's got no mathematical path to win the GOP nomination outright. By winning the do-or-die Ohio primary, Kasich lives to fight on against front-runner Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. But his only way to his party's nomination is by way of a contested Republican National Convention, where he would try to attrac…