Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he speaks at his New York presidential primary night rally in Manhattan, New York, April 19, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton won commanding victories in New York state's U.S. presidential nominating contests on Tuesday, recapturing lost campaign momentum and moving the front-runners closer to their parties' nominations.
The billionaire businessman's huge victory in his home state put Trump in position to win nearly all of the state's 95 delegates, edging closer to the 1,237 delegates needed to win his party's presidential nomination and avoid a contested national convention in July.
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