John Kasich Predicts A Contested Republican Convention

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The GOP primary could end in a contested convention this summer, Ohio Gov. John Kasich predicted Sunday.

The Republican candidate, who's running at a distant fourth place in national polls, laid out the challenging math for any of Donald Trump's rivals hoping to win outright -- but predicted that Trump would also fall short of clinching the nomination.

"No one is going to have the numbers," he told ABC's George Stephanopoulos. "I would have to win 68 percent of the remaining contests, OK, 68 percent of the remaining delegates. Marco [Rubio] would have to win like 64. Ted [Cruz] would have to win like 60. Donald Trump's going to fall short. This is the way it's going."

"Now, if Trump, you know, wins all the rest of these things, he'll go to the convention with the right numbers. But if he doesn't have the right numbers, then we're in a multi-ballot convention," Kasich continued. "Is there anything else to be expected with the way things have gone this year?"

The Ohio governor made a similar prediction Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, telling Fox News host Sean Hannity that a convention showdown was likely.

“It has to be done fairly,” he said. “You have to do it right, you can’t have a bunch of people in smoke-filled rooms. My only fear of a convention is that these connected interests would dominate.”