WASHINGTON: Front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will have essentially sealed the Republican US presidential **mination if he wins Tuesday’s contest in Indiana, where he **w holds a big lead over chief rival Ted Cruz.
A new NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist opinion poll showed Trump with a wide lead in Indiana, 49 percent to 34 percent for Cruz and 13 percent for a third candidate, Ohio Gover**r John Kasich. Trump, a 69-year-old real estate developer, sounded confident in an interview on "Fox News Sunday" when asked whether Indiana would basically end the long-running Republican race in his favour. "Yes, it’s over," Trump said. "It’s already over." The poll showed the depth of the challenge facing Cruz, a conservative US senator from Texas who is trying to prevent Trump from winning the 1,237 delegates needed to seal the **mination.