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Since last month, the CB school board has been discussing various options in order to cut spending for the 2016-2017 school year. Dr. Martha Bruckner and Dr. Corey Vorthmann presented plans and data to the board to help them make a decision.

Two options were proposed to change starting and ending times for each CBCSD school. For option one, the high school day would start at 8:55 and end at 3:45. However, option 2 would have the day start at 8:45 and end at 3:45.

The bell schedule change would result in the need for two bus loops instead of three, thus saving money.

“Once we have feedback from the bus company that really does

Options for CBCSD budget cuts finalized at late March school board meeting

With 46 years of coaching under his belt, numerous days spent on the road, and countless hours of practice time, TJ boys track coach Bob Nielsen has

forever engraved himself in TJ athletics.

Nielsen, a 2005 TJ Hall of Fame inductee, has an impressive coaching resume and has done

tremendous role in making his runners better people away from the field.

“He’s helped me become a better athlete, he pushes me hard everyday in practice,” said junior Kaiden Werts. “But he usually cares about how good of a person you are, that his main goal…”

During an on field ceremony at Thursday night’s CB relays, which included the induction of this year’s HOF class along with the track dedicated, Nielsen received a plaque and had the honor of cutting the ribbon on his newly named track. The Wickersham Stadium track was officially dedicated in the head coach’s name.

After the dedication, he was beyond thankful for the honor, but noted this goes beyond him. Nielsen addressed a strong showing at Thursday night’s CB relays and made clear this track is all about the kids, providing them with a top notch facility and great opportunities in the future.

“Well Coach Nielsen is the obvious choice to name our track after,” said Athletic Director Jeremy Stukenholtz. “He’s been a fixture at TJ for a long, long time.”

categorize for us that this change is worth doing financially, we will have surveys with both our staff members and our parents and families about which of these options they like,” said Bruckner.

Also, the district is making it a priority to maximize funding currently spent on curriculum resources as a part of curriculum development 2.0.

“Curriculum development 2.0 is our way to respond to feedback that we’ve received from teachers and teacher leaders,” said Dr. Corey Vorthmann. “Especially as it relates to standards and additionally resources that are becoming more and more scarce as time goes forward.”

The three focuses for next school year were to improve flexibility and responsiveness, leverage teacher leadership, and maximize limited funding.

It was also announced that there will be two new classrooms

many great things during his tenure at TJ, both on the track and in the school. Along with his team’s success over the years on the track, Nielsen has played a

Page 3:Almost Maine comes to TJNETA keynote speakers urge audience to “embrace your passion”

Page 4:Bob Nielsen Track (cont.)Eight seniors earn IHSPA honorsSignal problems addressedHunter Gibson shines with All-State nod

Page 2:Ernie Rodriguez earns Gates ScholarshipSocial media policyKey Calendar dates

Page 5:CB Relay resultsSoccer season kicks off strong

Page 6:Batman v. Superman reviewTJAC constructionNew TJ environmental club

“Once we have feedback from the bus company that really does categorize for us that this change is worth doing financially, we will have surveys with both our staff members and our parents and families about which of these options they like.” -Dr. Martha Bruckner

at TJ, an Extended Learning/Autism Combination classroom and a Behavior Support Classroom. The classrooms will be added to the current special education rooms already in place here, and are supposed to cheapen costs throughout the special education system in the district.

Additionally, it is possible that around 14 paraeducator positions would be reduced through attrition and a current opening for the Elementary Talented and Gifted program would not be filled. Certain jobs could be combined as well, giving more responsibilities to various employees.

Although the board has made progress as they find a way to lower spending, there are still many other considerations that are under study. Check out their board meetings every two weeks at the CBCSD youtube channel for an inside look at their discussions on this problem.

Nick Mitchell/YearbookCoach Nielsen cutting the ribbon on his new track.

some backlash that came with it at first, the policy has been agreed upon and should be widely accepted.

“I think the intent of it speaks to our hopes and desire, which is not to be punitive. It’s really to set a tone. We expect, and we want, teachers who will be appropriate when they can and if they want to have their outside of school life, they need to understand that is something we’re not trying to restrict access to at all.”

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Ernie Rodriguez wins Gates Millenium Scholarship

After weeks of anticipation, Ernie Rodriguez finally received a response from the Gates Millennium Scholarship application he submitted. He and his father don’t have worry anymore about what Ernie is going to do after graduation from Thomas Jefferson High School. Ernie now has his tuition covered to attend California Polytechnic State University thanks, in part, to the prestigious scholarship.

“It was crazy [to get the results back],” said Ernie. “It didn’t feel real.”

Because of the scholarship, Rodriguez can now fulfill his dreams of going to Cal Poly and majoring in Architectural Engineering. He previously planned on going to UNO, where he also received scholarships, to take UNL’s engineering programs.

The scholarship is given to students of color who showcase incredible leadership skills, as well as participate in community service, and have at least a 3.3 GPA. This honor places Ernie

among the top young scholars in the country, considering only 1,000 students received the scholarship nationwide.

“It’s a credit to Ernie,” said TJ Principal Todd Barnett. “He represents Thomas Jefferson and does it well. It’s great for him and

his family.”“It felt great because my dad

doesn’t have to worry about paying anything else now,” added Rodriguez.

The scholarship will cover all costs of attendance, meaning no tuition or room and board fees

will need to be paid. Eventually, Ernie will be

recognized by the entire GMS community, but as for now, he will enjoy the glory and relief of being a Gates Millennium Scholar, and a future Cal Poly Mustang.

At the Council Bluffs Community School District board meeting on March 22nd, the district officially passed a new technology policy (policy 432) which established the policy for the use of social media and technology within the district.

School board member Troy Arthur has played a big role in this policy and has been a huge part in the process of it being passed. Arthur states many other districts across the country have put some type of policy in place similar to this one, and he thinks a new policy will benefit both teachers and students within the district.

“We were actually behind a couple other district by a couple years and we just didn’t know what specifics to put in,” said Arthur. “Pretty soon there were too many ways to interact, so we just needed to set a tone and we expect our teachers to be revered, and we want them to be role models.”

In the past, the district has had some issues with inappropriate technology usage, content, and interaction among staff and students. Arthur feels this new policy will help.

“We have had some incidents in our school district, as many other school districts have, but for us we want to protect our students, protect our district, our community, and protect our

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Social media policy reviewed and expanded at previous school board meeting

teachers.” The policy we have been going

off of was preliminary with social media usage and only had to do more so with the basic usage of technology and the internet. Now, however, the new policy considers teacher and staff presence on social media more carefully, and their influence on students who may follow their online accounts. Now with the policy in place, if information is out there publicly, it can be reviewed.

Over time, as social media expanded and evolved, schools and businesses nationwide have had to adapt their policies and are making them more about the content that gets shared between employees, students, teachers,

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and co-workers online.“That’s why most of our

teachers don’t have a Facebook of their own where students are friends with them; they try to keep work and the school system separate with their personal life,” said Arthur. “We felt a need to put some guidelines into place about how to use social media, how to use a Facebook if it has kids on it. It doesn’t say you can’t have them on there, but it does say to be mindful.”

Although the policy did have

“We have had some incidents in our school district, as many other school districts have, but for us we want to protect our students, protect our district, our community, and protect our teachers.”

- Troy Arthur

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May 5Symposium sign ups

May 6Scholarship turn in

May 12Symposium try outs

Ernie (far left) using his engineering skills while working on robotics. He plans to major in engineering at CalPoly.

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Tiana LarsenReporter

‘Almost, Maine’ brings love, but not quite, to TJ

The Thomas Jefferson drama department has revealed their second play of the year, Almost, Maine which was showcased the first weekend of April.

Almost, Maine is a play all about love, where each short scene has two or three people. They’re all loosely connected, but each scene tells its different story.

Ms.Custer didn’t make an easy decision for the cast list very easy, as an astonishing 50+ students auditioned.

“Auditions were very tough. In the end I was glad that I chose to do two different casts so I could include more students in the show,” said Custer. “It was pretty tough trying to coordinate everyone’s schedules, but we managed to do it.”

Many drama students have spent most of their free time trying to perfect the play for the ending of the seniors last year at TJ.

Senior Britney Katzenstein once again acted in front of the school, playing both Gayle and Glory in the play.

“Lines for this show have been a challenge,” said Britney. “Because the show was double casted we’ve been short on rehearsal time.”

With this year coming to an ending, TJ’s last production Almost, Maine was inspiring to many of the cast members.

Junior Aleesha Burton played the roles of Ginette and Hope. She feels that Almost, Maine has shown her that the production was realistic with the world of love.

“This show presents how you can struggle with love sometimes, sometimes love fades, sometimes people move on, sometimes you can fall in love with people you never thought you’d fall in love with,” said Burton. “It’s just truly amazing and an honor to be apart in. I couldn’t be more happier with my parts.”

It is Custer’s second play produced here at TJ. She and many students say it has been a great closing show for the end of the school year.

‘Almost, Maine’ cast. Courtesy of Christy Arthur

conference, teachers will be able to bring new interactive learning tools and ideas back to their classroom. A 3-D topographical (elevation) map and interactive whiteboards were the main attraction, as well new programs to help teachers grade and assign homework.

Students were also at the conference displaying experiments they have done with tech advancements in their respective classrooms.

“I listened to a speaker yesterday that talked about classroom management with technology and how to implement it appropriately,” said CBCSD preschool teacher Mike West. “[And] how to roll it out in a way that is effective for the students. It is beneficial for their learning, but not just taking the place of something else.”

NETA’s influence and outreach has continually increased over these last few years. After moving to the CenturyLink Center from the Embassy Suites, thousands of more people have gotten to experience the new tech.

“They love the new space,” said Former NETA President Josh Allen. “They love the access

to downtown for those who have to stay here, and I’m hearing more and more about how much they love being able to sit and connect with other educators that are here.”

For educators interested NETA is taking applications for presenters next year. Contact Jackie Ediger at [email protected] to find out more.

NETA keynote speakers urge audience to “embrace your passion”

“Notice that the desks that we put our children in look like small prison cells… Have you noticed the food we serve in our cafeterias, it’s disgusting,” said Bob Dillon. “We have an education system that has to change.”

NETA speakers Bob Dillon and Jennie Magiera were two of four keynote speakers that stressed the importance of opening the eyes of students with new teaching methods in the classroom. To them, it is crucial that students become aware of learning outside of the classroom, through life experiences.

At this year’s NETA (Nebraska Education Technological Association) conference, tons of new ideas and tech were introduced to the state of Nebraska and Metro area educators.

Exhibitors and speakers from all over showcased their innovations and the idea of making technology a staple in the classroom.

With the help of the


“We have an education system that has to change.” -Bob Dillon

Derrick Johnson/The SignalKeynote speaker Jennie Magiera on stage at NETA.

Not being able to connect right away on the Google Chromebooks seem to be a problem that TJ students are having. When class starts teachers want computers up and ready for work that is going to be assigned, however, students have to wait around from a few seconds to 10 minutes for their computers to load.

Students are constantly in and out of the tech center in hopes that the problems of their computer not connecting can be fixed. Even with thousands of dollars being donated to enhance the wireless connection.

“Even though they had spent all of this money, I still believe it’s not working as well as it should,” said junior Megan Tiesort. “Almost all of our assignments are online, when our Chromes don’t work it makes it difficult to get anything done.”

The problems occur for other students around the building too. Senior Koury Stewart has chrome problems regularly while trying to start class

“My teacher will tell me to

restart my Chrome, but when I do I still wait for it to connect. It doesn’t really help me out.”

John Stiles from the Tech Center, here at TJ, says that students should clean out their history in order to help diagnose the connectivity issues. With all the extra programs running on the computer it causes the Chrome to run slower. He encourages students to clean it out weekly, so it doesn’t slow down their log in.

“Whenever you accept an app to download on your Chrome, you’re accessing them to use your data.” said Stiles. “Therefore it’s causing your Chrome to run slow.”

However, Stiles says that there are problems with the antenna inside of the Chrome. If the Chrome is treated poorly, then it could cause problems within the antenna, causing connection problems. He advises students who are having that kind of difficulty to come see him in the Tech Center.

“If students are having problems, I recommend them to come see me,” said Stiles. “I will be more then happy to work with you, until you leave satisfied.”

Bob Nielsen Track debuted at CB Relays (continued from page 1)


At the meet Nielsen was thrilled and thankful to have the honor. This track not only meant a lot to him, but this facility is a huge part of the future Thomas Jefferson athletics and with many TJ alumni in attendance Thursday night this was a huge honor for Nielsen.

“Of course it’s a tremendous honor, it’s about what’s best for kids, they may not run any faster, but now they have a place to call home, and this is a beautiful facility,” said Nielsen.

Now with a track dawning his name as well as his TJ Hall of Fame induction, Nielsen has a lot to be remembered for. However, he hopes his legacy shines past all of the fame and glory.

“I suppose I want to be remembered as somebody who treated everyone the same and with respect,” said Nielsen. “I feel I told everybody the truth.” He has had a tremendous impact on multiple runners over the years and one thing he has prided himself on has been the honesty, the way he treated his athletes

has had a major impact on all of them.

Along with having his current team by his side, several Jackets alumni were there to take in the relays and share the moment with the head coach. Nielsen got a chance to see and talk to multiple familiar faces at CB Stadium.

Now with a new track facility in place and a bright path paved for the foreseeable future, Nielsen

hopes to see his runners be successful and enjoy their times in high school sports.

Although this recognition means a lot to Coach Nielsen, it does not symbolize the end of his influence here. Nielsen will continue to have an impact on the TJ community for years to come and will help students grow into great people just like he always has.

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Morgan BarthReporter

“Coach Nielsen is the obvious choice to name our track after, he’s been a fixture at TJ for a long, long time.” -Jeremy Stukenholtz

Hunter Gibson shines with All-State speech nod

Cami WagamanReporter

This year, the TJ speech team has been achieving great things, specifically junior Hunter Gibson, who had the honor of being an All-State performer.

There were a total of eight students that scored one at their competition on March 12th. Those students were sophomores Patience Cave, Rachel Woods, Jose Soria, Justin Tice, and Jamie Katzenstein, junior Hunter Gibson, and seniors Britney Katzenstein, and Candice Mayfield.

However, TJ junior Hunter Gibson performed well enough to receive All-State honors for acting in speech. Very few students qualify for all-state, and this year only eight students from CBCSD were allowed to go. Hunter was the only one from TJ.

“As a junior, being the first one from TJ to make it to all-state for speech in a few years feels like all the passion and effort was worth it,” said Gibson. “Only 464 performers out of nearly 9,000 who compete at the district level received these honors, so I am very blessed.”

Gibson also strives to make it to All-State for his senior year, adding “I do plan on doing speech again next year, and I’ve already began thinking of how I can top myself after this year.”

“I hope more people do speech next year,” quoted Ms. Ettinger, one of the speech mentors. “It’s really fun, it’s a great way to meet new people

across Iowa, and It’s a great way to practice for interviews or presentations in your future job.”

Don’t forget to congratulate these students on their fantastic journey, and if you are interested in being a part of this amazing team, see Ms. Ettinger in room B211 or Ms. Harris in room B213.

Congratulations to the following seniors for receiving the Iowa High School Press Association Scholar award for 2016. IHSPA Scholar is an academic honor for the state’s top journalism students.

Ana Aguilar, Megan Carroll, Hannah Dieatrick, Derrick Johnson, Casie LeRette, John Poldberg, Taylor Stanfill, and Elise Willits all displayed growth from journalism classes as well as represented the school with good grades and community service.

The students will be recognized with a pin and award during Senior Honor Night on May 23rd at 7pm.

Eight TJ seniors earn IHSPA honors

“As a junior, being the first one from TJ to make it to all-state for speech in a few years feels like all the passion and effort was worth it.”

-Hunter Gibson

SPORTS


Girls steal CB Relay title, Boys come in second despite strong performance

Senior Megan Corey hurdling at CB Relays.

After a quick start to their seasons, the boys and girls track teams both had impressive shows at this year’s CB Relays.

The Jackets placed well in this year’s city competition, with the boys placing second and the girls winning the city title. Not only is the CB relays a key meet in the Jackets season, but it also involves bragging rights, as TJ goes head to head with rival Council Bluffs schools.

This season, the Jackets have many returning runners off of last years team and look to continue and build off what they accomplished last year, with sending one relay team to state. Several key pieces from last years team including seniors Jon Dahlheimer and Griffin Koletzke and juniors Daniel Carey and Kaiden Werts all look to have good years for the Jackets and have seen success in their first few meets.

The boys saw some good times put up in their first 2 meets of the year and look to build off of it going forward this season. The Jackets opened up their season in Waukee and got their year off to a good start. The 4x400 team finished 3rd in their race at 3 minutes, 40.84 seconds. King Smith also had a good day as he finished 2nd in the long jump at 19 feet, 7.75

inches. In addition to his jump, Smith ran the 100 meter dash 12.11 seconds. Fellow Senior Jon Dahlheimer also had success, posting a 4:53.53 in the 1600 meter run and 10:16.91 in the 3200 meter run.

The boys team continued that into the CB relays and saw impressive times posted, coming away with a 2nd place finish, a very successful day for the Jackets track teams. Senior Jon Dahlheimer took 1st in the 3200 at 10:33.46 and finished 2nd in the 800 at 2:15.00. The Jackets relay teams also placed well with multiple top finishes on the day, Parker Raes, Griffin Koletzke, Jake Axtell and Mitchell Flowers 800 relay team took 2nd at 1:37.48. In addition the 3200 team of Parker Raes, Cesar Salazar, Connor Osborn and Daniel Carey took 1st at 8:43.71 and the 1600 medley team made up of Kaiden Werts, Cameron Baker, Jake Axtell and Daniel Carey took 1st at 3:50.10.

The girls track season has also got off to a good start and with a couple successful meets under their belt, the Jackets girls team looks to be on their way to a successful season.

The girls had their first meet at Iowa State on March 14th, and it seemed to be a successful way for the girls to open the season. Freshman Caitlyn Jones’s Sprint medley team was one of the bright spots for the girls as they took first place in their

heat. The Jackets followed up the opener with a strong second meet in South Dakota and saw many of their runners place well. Senior Elise Willits won the 400 meter dash and took 4th in the 4x100. Sophomore Anna Larson finished 3rd in the long jump and Helen Mayerhoefer 4th in the 800. In addition to several good personal times, the 4x200 team took 3rd place in their race.

The Jackets girls carried their early season success from the first 2 meets into the CN}relays, taking 1st place. Josey Starner placed well in multiple races, taking 1st in the 100 hurdles at 17:53, 1st in the 400 hurdles at 1:15.09 and 1st in discus at 101-7. Elise Willits took 1st in the 800 at 2:38.32 and 2nd in the 400 at 1:05.57 and Cecelia Yale took 2nd in shot put at 34-5 and 2nd in discus at 98-5. The girls relay teams also did well on the day as the 800 team of Anna Larson, Catilyn Jones, Hannah Santay and Megan Corey took first at 1:54.76 and Helen Mayerhoefer, Tyanna Carey, Yisel Hernandez and Georgia Blanco took 1st in the 3200 relay at 11:31.57. The Jackets relay teams also took 2nd in the Shuttle Hurdle relay and 400 relay.

As the season has gone on, both teams have stayed impressive in their meets, gaining good momentum as they try to fulfill their goal of running their way into Drake Relays.

Cody KinneyReporter

TJ soccer seasons kicked off strongThe boys season has gotten

off to a slow start this year with a 2-7 record, but they hope to put this behind them and focus on the remainder of this season. The girls have had a clean start to the season with a 4-3 record,

but both teams still have a lot of season left to turn this around and there are many games still to be played.

As the girls kicked off their season on April 4th with a 5-0 loss against Sioux City East and the boys opened theirs April 1st with a close game against Sioux City West, falling 2-1. Junior Ismael Camacho scored the only goal for the Yellow Jackets.

Both teams saw lots of improvement in the offseason from their players, as players participated in many offseason activities to help prepare themselves for this year.

“We had players participate in indoor and futsal leagues,” girls head coach Mark Royer. “Players also lifted and went to open gyms since October.”

Royer commented on having a great group of girls returning from last year’s team, but also having some really talented freshman coming in. He hopes this will help add more depth to this year’s squad and keep them

motivated.Boys head coach Matt

Young also says his team had a productive offseason, “We had lots of guys in the weight room lifting, also had lots of our players participate in club teams as well as futsal teams.”

Young expects a hard fought season from his team, his main goals are to keep everyone healthy and eager to play. He also wants to steal the city title back from the St. Albert soccer team.

Royer also expects the same results from his team.

“My ultimate goal always is to qualify for the state tournament,” said Royer. “Other goals for this season is to make sure everybody competes at their highest level possible and to make sure our players better themselves everyday.”

We wish both teams the best of luck in their upcoming games, as they will each compete for the ultimate goal of making it to state.

Nick Mitchell/Yearbook

Soccer has once again made its way into the mix of Thomas Jefferson activities with the new season already started both the girls and boys soccer teams are competing for the ultimate goal of making it to state.

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Junior Danielle Mefferd taking the corner kick. Nick Mitchell/Yearbook

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Morgan BarthReporter

Questioning whether Batman or Superman is the better D.C superhero has been a debate for many years. However, throughout Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, I was taken through an emotional rollercoaster as I tried to decide for myself who was the clear superior.

In the movie, Superman, played by Henry Cavil, was taking criticism from his hometown Metropolis, Illinois. In the previous Superman movie, Man of Steel, Superman caused mass destruction and took the lives of innocent pedestrians, raising the question of if his actions were actually heroic. The same problems were carried on into this movie causing the eventual conflict between him and Batman.

Batman, played by Ben Affleck, had also taken criticism. People from Metropolis believe that there is only one ‘God’ and Batman doesn’t have the capability of taking Superman down. From Batman’s side of

Political race becoming more clear after recent primaries

the river, Gotham City citizens believe that Batman is the real hero and that he is the only one who can take down Superman.

Lex Luther, played by Jesse Eisenberg, is a villain who helps in raising more conflict between both superheroes. Throughout the movie there are many different things that Luther does

in order to cause problems, and in the eyes of the people, it’s either Batman or Superman’s fault.

Being one of the fans in the seats I was confused but not because I wasn’t sure of what’s going on. Walking into the movies, I was on Superman’s side, and if they were to fight, I knew

Batman v. Superman lives up to hype

whose side I was on. However, while watching that

movie I thought that maybe I did pick the wrong superhero, but at the same time, I couldn’t bring myself to switch sides. I was extremely confused and was in an emotional state of stress.

Most believed that Ben Affleck wasn’t fit to play the role of

Batman, however I disagree. I believe that Ben Affleck’s Batman matched the comic book’s version very well and in my opinion, Ben Affleck was the best pick to play the hero.

However, the character that was my personal favorite was Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luther. He fit the psychotic role very well and throughout the movie, I was really convinced that even off set he was a lunatic. His acting was extremely believable and brought something else to the movie that no other villain could have.

The movie was a box office hit and the conflict between both heroes led the movie to have one of the biggest openings in history. Passing the $500 million mark, it is now in the top four of highest global openings.

From me, this movie receives 5 out of 5 buzzes. The thrilling ride kept me on the edge of my seat and as many people have said before, 2016 is going to be the year of D.C. Films.

Movie poster for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Provided by cnbc.com

Ana AguilarPolitical Reporter

TJ is having new roof repair on the TJAC. Repairing should be finished sometime around June 1st.

During the first week, the construction company may need some of the visitor parking for removal of ballast. They may need to park on the student lot side for the same purpose.

During this time, students and staff may hear construction noise. There may be some drilling noise if they run into areas that need decking removed and replaced. There might be an occasional adhesive smell depending on the wind.

TJAC roof construction

The fight between the Republicans and Democrats is now stronger than ever. As the year progresses, the top candidates are fighting for the rest of the delegates to reach the nomination before November.

Candidates are able to win the nomination automatically by reaching a certain number of delegates for their party before the November election. Which is why states such as Pennsylvania, with a large amount of delegates for both parties, are always more important to the candidates.

So although, some candidates may not win some states, if that state does not have a large number of delegates it is not a big loss for them. As long as they manage to win states that have more delegates, they can still be on top.

However, both parties have a different amount of delegates that they need to get to secure the nomination.

In the Republican Party, they need 1,237 delegates to win the bid, and so far the closest candidates is Trump with 845, and behind him is Ted Cruz with 559 leaving John Kasich with 148.

Because of the results, many question why Kasich is still in the

race, since it is almost impossible for him to being able to gain so many delegates before Trump. Furthermore, Kasich and Cruz have made an alliance to plan and make strategies to stop Trump in getting the nomination. Yet, it was not long before Trump described Kasich’s and Cruz union as ‘desperation.’

In the Democratic Party, the candidates need 2,383 delegates to get the nomination, with 1,629 still available. Hillary Clinton currently has 1,944, and Bernie Sanders has 1,192.

A lot of experts predict that if both top candidates Trump and Clinton keep winning the states with most delegates, both can end up getting the nomination before all the primaries are over.

Clinton actually started to aim her comments toward

Trump, instead of Sanders, after her win in New York, showing the Republican frontrunner is becoming her focus.

“We are a great country, an unselfish country and a compassionate country, and no matter what anyone tells you, and what you might hear from others running for President, that is still true today,” said Clinton referencing Trump’s comments. “America is great, and we can do great things if we do them together.”

Although the republican and democratic nominations are almost filled by Trump and Clinton respectively, each state primary can still change the race. And for the Republicans, the idea of an open convention is still possible.

“America is great, and we can do great things if we do them together.”

-Hillary Clinton

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