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| Donald Trump projected to win in Indiana | |
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| Donald Trump will win Indiana’s Republican presidential primary, dealing a huge blow to Ted Cruz's hopes, US media project. | |
| The win pushes the New York businessman closer to the Republican nomination for president, with 1,041 delegates. | |
| A candidate must reach 1,237 delegates to become the nominee prior to the July convention. | |
| His closest rival Mr Cruz earlier called him a "pathological liar" as the verbal blows reached a new intensity. | |
| Indiana results as they come in | |
| Mr Cruz and Republican candidate John Kasich have been hoping for a contested convention, in which delegates vote for the nominee. | |
| The Democratic race is still too close to call, with front-runner Hillary Clinton maintaining a narrow lead over Bernie Sanders. | |
| Having won a majority of Republican delegates so far, Mr Trump only needs to win 43% of remaining delegates to win the nomination. | |
| Mr Cruz had been pinning his hopes on winning in Indiana and halting the momentum of Mr Trump, a New York businessman with no experience of elected office. |