Cruz to Name Fiorina as Running Mate
April 27 2016 - 3:10PM
Dow Jones News
In a bid to resurrect his flagging campaign for the Republican
presidential nomination, Ted Cruz is expected to name former
Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Carly Fiorina as his running mate Wednesday
afternoon in Indiana, according to people briefed on the campaign's
plans.
The Texas senator has bet the remainder of his campaign that he
can prevail in Indiana—in what has become a must-win state after a
series of crushing losses to Donald Trump in the Northeast.
Mr. Cruz, speaking to reporters in Indianapolis Wednesday
morning, was coy about the impending announcement when pressed on
whether it would be a running mate choice. "We'll be making a major
announcement at 4 p.m.," he said. "If we were making an
announcement at 4 p.m., it wouldn't make sense to make an
announcement at 10 a.m."
For Mr. Cruz, announcing Mrs. Fiorina as his running mate is a
move engineered to change the focus of the Republican primary
campaign to his new ticket and away from Mr. Trump's runaway
victories in the five Northeastern state primaries Tuesday.
Write to Reid J. Epstein at Reid.Epstein@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 27, 2016 14:55 ET (18:55 GMT)
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