Indiana Governor Endorses Cruz, Praises Trump

Indiana Governor Mike Pence said that he’s voting for Ted Cruz in the Indiana primary, but not before praising the Republican frontrunner Donald Trump.
Indiana Governor Endorses Cruz, Praises Trump
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence leaves a press conference March 31, 2015 at the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
4/29/2016
Updated:
5/3/2016

“Indiana is absolutely pivotal. If Trump loses Indiana, he can’t get to 1,237,” Cruz said, expanding on the importance stressed in an Indianapolis rally where he said that Indiana will decide whether or not Trump gets the nomination.

Pence’s endorsement is a continuation of the push Cruz is making in the Hoosier State—in the days prior he announced an alliance with John Kasich—which was later recanted—he announced his VP pick Carly Fiorina, and now he’s picked up the governor’s endorsement.

Even with this last push before the primary, Trump is still ahead of Cruz in every poll coming out of Indiana, with the margin being between 2 and 9 points.