Subject: TwentySixteen: On Cusp of New York Victory, Trump Shuffles Staff
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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 05:53:43 -0600

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The Lead
"In a shakeup that's roiling Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the GOP front-runner told senior staffers at a Saturday meeting that he wants his recent hires Paul Manafort and Rick Wiley to take the reins in upcoming states, giving them a $20-million budget for key contests in May and June. ... The cash infusion - which the sources said is intended to fund an aggressive advertising push," in California "as well as more staff at Trump's New York headquarters and in upcoming states - is part of an effort by the billionaire to expand and professionalize a shoestring operation." Trump's "national field director Stuart Jolly, on Monday submitted a letter of resignation." (
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Politico )

OLD SCHOOL HIRES: "Political campaigns are often viewed as a young person's game. ... But this year, as Republicans face the prospect of a contested convention, the party is turning to its oldest hands, who learned how to fight over delegates using walkie-talkies, loose-leaf notebooks and quick-footed young pages. ... Many of them were foot soldiers in the 1976 battle between President Ford and Ronald Reagan and find themselves unexpectedly pulled back into the game." (
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New York Times ) Trump also hired "William McGinley, a prominent Republican political attorney and a veteran of past delegate battles. ... In 2012, McGinley served as counsel to the convention's rules committee." (
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Politico )

ANOTHER LAWSUIT: "A longtime Republican consultant who has been harshly criticized by ... Trump filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit on Monday accusing him and his campaign manager ... of making false statements that harmed her professionally and personally. The consultant, Cheri Jacobus, accused" Trump "of libeling her by depicting her as a disappointed job-seeker who turned on ... Trump after he declined to hire her." (
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New York Times )

NEW YORK PRIMARY: Trump and Hillary Clinton appear headed for wins in New York today. Bernie Sanders is hoping to notch wins in the Hudson Valley and in rural upstate New York following the path of "Zephyr Teachout, an ideological ally of Sanders who ran an expectations-beating primary campaign against" New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) in 2014. But even there, Sanders faces "a tug of war between demographics on one side and and longstanding personal ties to Clinton on the other." (
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MSNBC ) "Trump closed his New York campaign with a rally in Buffalo billed as one of his biggest indoor events, a show of strength reflecting his ambition to notch a home-state landslide on Tuesday and the GOP nomination by June. Monday's rally ... drew an estimated 18,000 to 20,000 people." (
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Wall Street Journal )

PRIMARY GUIDE: Keep our primary 
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cheat sheet  handy for info on where to follow tonight's results in New York, how many delegates are at stake, and what to watch for. 

NUMBER OF THE DAY: 20. The percent Ted Cruzor John Kasich needs to win in a given New York Congressional district to be eligible for delegates absent actually winning the district. 

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Travel Tracker
Clinton will hold an election night watch party in Manhattan. 

Trump is holding his election night event at Trump Tower in New York City. 

Sanders is in Pennsylvania, where he'll hold rallies in Erie and at Pennsylvania State University. 

Kasich will make a retail stop in Pittsburgh, Pa. before heading to Annapolis, Md. for a town hall.

Trail Mix 
Mitt Romney disparaged Trump for not understanding GOP delegate rules, saying "if you want to be president, you are going to have to deal with things far more complicated than Republican delegate rules." (
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CNN ) 

Cruz and Trump supporters are jockeying for delegate loyalty in Massachusetts, where Republicans will choose delegates later this month. (
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Boston Globe )

"[T]hey don't change unless there's something like a John Edwards blowup, and nobody is anticipating that in this case," - Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) explaining why other Senate superdelegates are unlikely to switch their support to Sanders. (
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Politico )

The RNC is on track to be better funded than the DNC, "with $67.8 million in contributions secured to date. The two Democratic committees, by comparison, have lined up $43.6 million so far." (
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Washington Post )

Trump accidentally said "7-Eleven" instead of 9/11 at a rally in Buffalo on Monday. (
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New York Post )

CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND PRIMARIES: 7 days.

ELECTION DAY COUNTDOWN: 203 days.

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