David Rebovich, the director of the Rider Institute of New Jersey Politics, said Democratic leaders avoided contested primaries because they could become ugly and provide ammunition to Republicans in the general election.
If they can afford to do so, it is now common for people leaving Damascus, the Syrian capital, to avoid the contested route to the city's airport by driving to Beirut and flying out from there.
A few days later, Scott M. Stringer, the Manhattan borough president, who had created a committee to explore the possibility of challenging Ms. Gillibrand, also decided to abandon the effort, citing the party's desire to avoid a contested primary.
Hannemann, a former mayor of Honolulu, decided to run as an independent this year, allowing him to avoid a contested primary.
However, with seven upcoming primaries, including New Jersey and California, Trump is expected to easily overtake the delegate mark needed to win the nomination on the first ballot at the convention in Cleveland in July, avoiding a contested convention.
The Midcounties had taken legal advice after the board reduced a shortlist of six candidates for three member-nominated directors to three – avoiding the contested elections that long-standing co-op activists had expected.
With 303 delegates at stake in five state primaries, icluding California, on June 7, Trump will easily pad his total, avoiding a contested convention in Cleveland in July. .
He has already locked up the support of several state Democratic leaders and is expected to avoid a contested primary campaign.
But by winning the 30 delegates awarded to Indiana's statewide winner and at least 15 of the 27 delegates awarded by congressional district, Trump now has an easy path to claiming the 1,237 pledged delegates needed to avoid a contested convention in Cleveland and win outright, and is well-positioned even if Cruz pulls off an upset in delegate-rich California next month.
