Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus isn't ruling out a potential contested convention this summer to choose a presidential nominee. That would happen if no candidate can snag a majority of the 1,237 delegates.
"I think it's possible, and we're preparing for that possibility," he said Sunday on ABC's This Week.
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