Following his seven Super Tuesday victories and his wins in Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi and Hawaii, Donald Trump is still barely "on track" to win 1,237 delegates by June. He leads Ted Cruz 463 to 362 in delegates, and is at 106 percent of his current estimated target. Even though he has won just 44 percent of all delegates awarded to date, Trump's delegate shares could inflate quickly as the calendar turns to winner-take-all contests. A candidate would need to capture 1,237 of 2,472 delegates to the Cleveland GOP convention to clinch the Republican nomination. To help you keep track of who's ahead, the Cook Political Report has devised a delegate scorecard estimating how many delegates each of the four leading GOP contenders would need to win in each state and territory to attain 1,237 delegates by June. Heading into pivotal March 15 contests in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, and Ohio, Trump's opponents' focus has shifted to preventing him from winning a delegate majority. But to do so, they will actually need to beat him somewhere on Tuesday. Right
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