A curious situation presented itself two weeks ago within the FEC reports and required filings of 2016 election Super-PACS. A direct phone inquiry confirmed a noted decrease in the number of required “24-hour expenditure reports” from some Super-PAC’s currently active and engaged in the 2016 presidential election.
Perhaps the decrease in filing activity was  just coincidental to several recent revelations which were discovered and discussed relating to the payments to media groups and various media-created LLC’s who are beneficiaries of Super-PAC funding.
They could just be spending less, and being less involved in the last 10 days. A key deadline for monthly summary filings is only five days away.
However, it could also be that THIS SUNLIGHT is expanding exponentially.
Super-PACS are required to file a detailed monthly list of donors (contributions) and expenditures (payments) for the preceding month on/before the 20th day of the current reporting period. Meaning contributions and expenditures for “March 2016” are due by April 20th – TODAY.

Cruz super PAC Keep the Promise III collected $770k in March, almost entirely from another Cruz super PAC, Trusted Leadership.

— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) April 20, 2016

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Gravis Marketing conducted one of the few polls of Delaware taken in this election cycle.  The poll released today shows Donald Trump with a commanding lead of 55%, which is 37 points ahead of the second place candidate John Kasich 18%.  Senator Ted Cruz is in last place with only 15% support.

Donald Trump is beating Kasich/Cruz combined !

Gravis Marketing, a nonpartisan research firm, conducted a random survey of 1,038 likely Republican Primary voters and 1,026 likely Democratic Primary voters.  The poll has a margin of error of ± 3.0% for Republicans  (link)

Candidate Donald Trump is holding a campaign rally in Indianapolis, IN at the Indiana State Fairgrounds – Elements Financial Blue Ribbon Pavilion. The event is scheduled to begin at 3:00pm EDT
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

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Donald Trump has won the New York Republican primary with 60.5%, and becomes the first Republican Candidate to win his Home State with a majority vote of the state electorate.

[ Ted Cruz won Texas with 44% and John Kasich won Ohio with 47% ]

New York

First, the math – Going into last night Donald Trump carried 758 delegates and Ted Cruz 554.  Last night, Donald Trump won 90 delegates, Cruz won -0- (link).

• Today Donald Trump carries 848 Delegates, and Ted Cruz still has 554.  There are 674 delegates remaining.
• It is now mathematically impossible for voters to nominate Ted Cruz.  Cruz would need 683 delegates and there are only 674 remaining available.
• Donald Trump needs 389 of the remaining 674 delegates to reach 1,237 and clinch the nomination.

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Candidate Donald Trump has opened new offices in the state of Oregon:

[…]  A group of Donald Trump supporters were watching that primary unfold from west Eugene. The event marks the grand opening of the Donald Trump Campaign Headquarters, on the corner of 7th Place and Wilson Street. This is one of several offices throughout the state. There’s also offices in Portland and Salem.

They’re hoping to open others in Bend and Medford next. Volunteers will be making calls and going door-to-door to spread awareness about the Trump campaign. They said they’ve already started making calls, but the call center will officially be up and running Wednesday.  (read more)

Oregon voters vote by mail in ballot and the last day to change party affiliation or register to vote in the primary is April 26th. (more…)

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “2016 Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Presidential Race and/or any of the candidates therein.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Update 10:35pm: – Victory Party Live Stream in Prior thread – Now the delegate count begins….

Donald Trump Towers To Victory

Prior To Tonight Delegate Count – Trump: 758, Cruz: 543

New York is a modified ‘Winner Take Most’ delegate distribution – By State and By Congressional District – 95 Delegates total:

♦ 81 district delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 27 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 3 National Convention delegates and the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in that district -if over 50%- will receive all 3 of that district’s National Convention delegates. If winner falls below 50%: winner gets two, runner up gets one (minimum threshold 20%)

♦ 14 at-large delegates (10 base at-large delegates plus 1 bonus delegates plus 3 RNC delegates) are to be bound to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary statewide.

Total = 95 Delegates Available – How Many Will Trump Win?.

• CNN Election HQ – Results Available HERE
• Politico Election HQ – Results available HERE
• New York Times Election HQ – Results Available HERE
• The Green Papers – Election Results and Delegate Tracking HERE

Update 9:05pm:  As soon as polling locations closed the race was called for candidate Donald Trump. – Victory Party Live Stream Added – We anticipate more than one possible New York results thread, hence the numbering as above.

NEW YORK Votes Today – Race Called:

Donald Trump Towers To Victory 

Current Delegate Count – Trump: 758, Cruz: 543

New York is a modified ‘Winner Take Most’ delegate distribution – By State and By Congressional District – 95 Delegates total: (more…)

From cartoonist A.F. Branco at ComicallyIncorrect.com.