Priebus: ‘Plurality’ of delegates not enough to win the nomination

Published April 22, 2016 4:02pm ET



Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus reiterated Friday that the GOP won’t be handing out the presidential nomination to anyone with a plurality of delegates, despite polls showing that most Republican voters think whoever gets the most should receive the nomination.

“As our nomination process goes on, we are preparing for all possible scenarios. We might have a nominee by July, or we might have a nominee through the balloting process at the convention,” Priebus told RNC members on Friday at the committee’s annual spring meeting.

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