Donald Trump will soon be the last Republican candidate standing.
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Ohio Governor John Kasich – the last candidate opposing Donald Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination – will call it quits Wednesday, multiple media outlets citing campaign sources reported.
Kasich canceled a scheduled campaign appearance in Virginia on Wednesday, and instead said he would make an announcement in Ohio at 5 p.m. ET. CNN said he was on the way to meet with donors before having a change of heart.
The decision comes a day after Trump won a big victory in the Indiana primary, forcing his chief rival, Senator Ted Cruz, to abandon his campaign. Kasich placed a distant third to Trump and Cruz in Indiana.
Since the primary-season contests began in February, Kasich has only one victory — in his home state of Ohio — and often finished behind Trump and Cruz. Kasich weathered the initially crowded Republican field and stayed in the race longer than expected, positioning himself as a sensible moderate against Trump's bombast and Cruz's far-right policies.
After Cruz stepped aside on Tuesday, Kasich said that Cruz should be "proud of his strong and disciplined campaign." In a Facebook post Tuesday night, Kasich's senior strategist, John Weaver, vowed he would remain in the race until a Republican reached the required delegates to clinch the party's nomination.
Wednesday morning, hours after releasing a few Star Wars themed campaign ads on his Twitter, Kasich apparently had a change of tune.
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