Ted Cruz, John Kasich coming together to stop Donald Trump

On Sunday night, the Ted Cruz and John Kasich campaigns issued statements nearly simultaneously announcing they are coordinating efforts to prevent Donald Trump from becoming the Republican presidential nominee.

Cruz's campaign manager, Jeff Roe, said in a statement that having Trump "at the top of the ticket in November would be a sure disaster for Republicans." The Cruz campaign will start focusing its resources in Indiana ahead of the May 3 primary and will "in turn clear the path for Gov. Kasich to compete in Oregon and New Mexico."

Kasich's chief strategist, John Weaver, said in his statement that due to the fact that the Indiana primary is winner-take-all statewide and by congressional district, "keeping Trump from winning a plurality in Indiana is critical to keeping him under 1,237 bound delegates before Cleveland." Kasich is "very comfortable with our delegate position in Indiana already, and given the current dynamics of the primary there, we will shift our campaign's resource west and give the Cruz campaign a clear path in Indiana." New Mexico and Oregon are areas that are "structurally similar to the northeast politically," Weaver said, and Kasich is "performing well."

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