Entering yesterday with a mere 91 delegates, Dole now owns more than a quarter of the 996 necessary to claim the nomination at the GOP's August convention in San Diego.
Last night's primaries offered a clear example of widespread restructuring in the entire primary process this year.
For the first time ever, the New England states--with the exception of New Hampshire--held their elections on the same night, creating the firstever "Yankee Primary."
Heavy campaigning in Massachusetts by Weld, Cellucci, and Dole's campaign chair here, State Treasurer Joseph D. Malone '78 (R-Mass.), sent him to victory in the Bay State, where he claimed 48 percent of the vote.
"We'll be keeping up this campaign effort [here]," Cellucci said. "We'll be campaigning in every corner of Massachusetts, as Bob Dole is campaigning in every corner of the country."
Buchanan finished the night in a distant second place in the Bay State garnering a mere 25 percent.