Republican Party leadership is beginning to seriously consider the prospect of a brokered convention, in which multiple candidates would come to Cleveland, Ohio this July with too few delegates to win the nomination in a single vote but too many to allow any other contender to win.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell met with party strategists to discuss the possibility on Monday, concluding that the GOP must be prepared for this eventuality, especially if Donald Trump's poll numbers stay strong through the start of primary voting. If a brokered convention did become necessary, it would be the first for either major party in more than six decades.
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