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Cruz Ending Campaign After Indiana Loss to Trump
The Texas Tribune ^ | 5/3/16 | Patrick Svitek

Posted on 05/03/2016 5:39:31 PM PDT by Rufus Shinra

INDIANAPOLIS — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is ending his campaign after suffering a devastating loss to frontrunner Donald Trump in the Indiana primary, campaign manager Jeff Roe told the Texas Tribune.

With about 43 percent of the vote in, Trump was projected to beat Cruz by about 2o points, 54 percent to 35 percent. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who had struck a deal with Cruz to effectively concede the Hoosier State, was winning less than 10 percent of the vote.

Trump was on track to win most — if not all — of Indiana's 57 delegates, significantly easing his path to the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the nomination before the Republican National Convention. Eyeing a contested convention, Cruz has vowed to stay in the race regardless of the outcome in the Hoosier State.

Minutes after major TV networks projected Trump's victory, he renewed his call for Cruz to leave the race.

"Lyin' Ted Cruz consistently said that he will, and must, win Indiana," Trump tweeted. "If he doesn't he should drop out of the race-stop wasting time & money."

Cruz went all in on Indiana, recognizing its importance in holding Trump under the 1,237-delegate threshold. In addition to teaming up with Kasich, Cruz took the unusual step of naming former rival Carly Fiorina his running mate. He also had the backing of Gov. Mike Pence, an initially tepid endorsement that Pence sought to fortify in the final days before the primary.

Cruz is now left with a narrower path than ever to the nomination, entirely dependent on denying Trump 1,237 delegates. Cruz’s loss in Indiana is likely to give rise to calls for him to drop out of the race, something he has said he will not do as long as he still sees a path to victory in Cleveland.

Cruz’s campaign indicated Tuesday afternoon he was not immediately leaving the race, announcing rallies Wednesday in Nebraska and Washington. For weeks, Cruz has said the race will come down to the primary June 7 in California, whose 172 delegates make it the biggest prize of the nominating process.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Indiana; US: New York; US: Ohio; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016gopprimary; cruz; election2016; in2016; indiana; johnkasich; newyork; ohio; tedcruz; texas; theend; trump
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To: TXDuke
Trump is no different than Hillary in his policies.

Then you haven't been paying attention. To Hillary OR Trump

41 posted on 05/03/2016 5:55:55 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Rufus Shinra
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"Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who had struck a deal with Cruz..." couldn't be interrupted until after his snack.

42 posted on 05/03/2016 5:55:55 PM PDT by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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To: TXDuke

43 posted on 05/03/2016 5:57:04 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Don't Tread On Me)
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To: Rufus Shinra
Cruz’s campaign indicated Tuesday afternoon he was not immediately leaving the race, announcing rallies Wednesday in Nebraska and Washington. For weeks, Cruz has said the race will come down to the primary June 7 in California, whose 172 delegates make it the biggest prize of the nominating process.

Confusing as ever, he said he was out, but he is still campaigning?

45 posted on 05/03/2016 5:57:44 PM PDT by Tammy8
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To: digger48

“Then you haven’t been paying attention. To Hillary OR Trump”

I’ll bet I’ve paid better attention than you have if you still support Trump. Even honest Trump supporters admit Trump is not a conservative. Just watch, the election just got handed to Hillary because a large number of conservatives will now just stay home and contrary to Trump’s comments, he can’t win without us.


46 posted on 05/03/2016 5:58:18 PM PDT by TXDuke
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To: MIA_eccl1212

They all do that, the suspension thing. Probably lets them keep their war chest.


47 posted on 05/03/2016 5:58:24 PM PDT by Rastus (The next president will be Trump or Hillary. Vote accordingly.)
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To: Rufus Shinra

Thank God! I mean that.


48 posted on 05/03/2016 6:03:18 PM PDT by reaganaut (Bible Scholars, Theologians and Evangelicals for Trump)
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To: dp0622
LOL

It is definitely probable she will be the Democrat candidate, however:

Superdelegates are "unpledged" in the sense that they themselves decide which candidate to support. (In other words, they are not allocated according to voter preferences as the majority of delegates are.) Pledged delegates can change their vote if no candidate is elected on the first ballot and can even vote for a different candidate on the first ballot if they are "released" by the candidate they are pledged to.

50 posted on 05/03/2016 6:04:03 PM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: RRismyhero

[ Cruz just never caught on.]

He reminds me of the old silent movie star John Gilbert who couldn’t make it in talkies.

The reason for Gilbert’s rapid decline in popularity during the talkie era was that audiences simply hated his whiny voice.


51 posted on 05/03/2016 6:04:31 PM PDT by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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To: TXDuke
I’ll bet I’ve paid better attention than you have

Highly doubt that.

Even honest Trump supporters admit Trump is not a conservative.

Nobody here, not even Trump is making that claim. But he has a mostly conservative background and he is the only one of the 17 who ever stood a chance at beating the worst and most corrupt candidate the Dems have ever run.

52 posted on 05/03/2016 6:04:37 PM PDT by digger48
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To: TXDuke
". . . because a large number of conservatives will now just stay home . . .

That sure worked out well for "Conservatives" giving Barry a second term, maybe those same folks can pull it off again. You must be very proud.

53 posted on 05/03/2016 6:06:56 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: TXDuke

That’s ok. Your vote will be cancelled out by a Dem crossover.


54 posted on 05/03/2016 6:08:04 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: JBW1949

Yes. Kicking dragging and screaming. But I know what is best for my country.


55 posted on 05/03/2016 6:10:47 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: TXDuke

Good, why drag your knuckles down to the polls and vote at all?

Stupid is as stupid does. I guess?

God Bless you anyway.


56 posted on 05/03/2016 6:11:15 PM PDT by SoCalConservative
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To: TXDuke
Ha! I think respect fell off somewhere around "kiss my ass."

If you want to come on here and make an ass of yourself and throw a temper tantrum, expect to get needled. There has been a lot of vitriol around here, but it's mainly been Cruz supporters who believe it has been one-sided.

57 posted on 05/03/2016 6:13:04 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Don't Tread On Me)
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To: TXDuke
Whoo Hooo! Now we truly have a uniparty with two liberals running for President. Now we get to look forward to 4 years of Hillary! (that would be sarcasm if it wasn’t the truth)

Neither you nor I have any idea how this will all shake out in the long run.

You're claiming you do because your guy is defeated.

we are in uncharted territory here and to claim you know the future is imbecilic.

58 posted on 05/03/2016 6:13:15 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: digger48

He is the only one that has consistently polled below Hillary and Bernie so how do you figure he’ll win?? Wishful thinking??

Both Trump and Hillary are liberals, but your argument is to support Trump so that he can beat Hillary. Why? He is the same as Hillary. Trump’s past is VERY liberal. He is the only candidate to support gun control, gays, abortion, subsidies, etc, etc. Yes, he may have changed his tune recently on a few of those issues, but his liberal side keeps sneaking out. Either way, we get a liberal so not sure one is any better than the other.

I believe both Trump and Hillary will ruin our country for 4 years and both will nominate left-leaning judges. You can provide no proof to the contrary either. The only difference is that Trump admits that he also wants to demand changes to the conservative Republican platform, which I strongly oppose.

It doesn’t really matter anyways. Trump has stated many times that he doesn’t need the votes of the millions of conservatives that didn’t vote for him, which is good because he won’t get most of them and he won’t win either.


59 posted on 05/03/2016 6:13:39 PM PDT by TXDuke
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To: JBW1949

Uncalled for?

What you’ve got to say doesn’t have to be said tonight.


60 posted on 05/03/2016 6:13:39 PM PDT by papertyger (-/\/\/\-)
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