Subject: TwentySixteen: Clinton and Trump Eye Northeastern Primary Sweep
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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 06:01:45 -0600

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The Lead
"Donald Trump is aiming for a sweep of all five Northeastern states holding primaries Tuesday, including Pennsylvania, leaving his rivals pinning their hopes of stopping the Republican front-runner on a fragile coordination strategy in the next rounds of voting. For ... Hillary Clinton, wins in most of Tuesday's contests would leave little doubt that she'll be her party's nominee. Rival Bernie Sanders' team has sent mixed signals about his standing in the race, with one top adviser suggesting a tough night would push the Vermont senator to reassess his bid and another vowing to fight 'all the way to the convention.'" (
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AP ) In today's contests, Sanders will have to up his showing in big cities to fend off a Clinton sweep, and a big win for Trump in Pennsylvania could help sway the state's 54 uncommitted delegates into his corner. (
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New York Times)

Make sure to check out our primary 
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cheat sheet  for information on poll closing times, where to find results, how many delegates are at stake, and what to watch for as results come in tonight.

A SHAKY ALLIANCE: "Ted Cruz and John Kasich's shotgun wedding is already on the rocks. Just hours after their campaigns put out statements proclaiming that they would divvy up some of the remaining states in an attempt to deny Donald Trump the nomination outright, the alliance looked anything but solid. First Kasich appeared to undermine the deal, saying he wouldn't tell his supporters to vote for Cruz. Then Cruz was forced to defend the logic of the late-in-the-game pact during a news conference broadcast across the networks." (
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Politico) One issue with the pact: "According to the Indiana Secretary of State's office, more than 60,000 Republican primary ballots had already been requested by Friday, before Kasich announced that he would not be campaigning in the state." (
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NBC News ) And yet, Cruz and Kasich's teams are exploring bringing a similar pact to California. (
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Los Angeles Times)

PROMINENT DELEGATES: "House and Senate Republicans are quickly being selected as delegates to the Republican National Convention this summer, potentially giving them tremendous sway in helping choose the party's presidential candidate if Donald Trump fails to clinch the nomination outright," but "a wide range of lawmakers refused to say how they'd vote once most delegates are free to vote their conscience after a first round of balloting." (
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CNN )

WOOING IN PERSON: "Trump ... will appear at party conventions in California and Virginia later this week to personally court activists and address the gatherings, according to three people familiar with his plans. Trump will stop by the Hyatt Regency hotel near the San Francisco International Airport on Friday for the opening day of the California GOP's state convention. A day later, he will visit Harrisonburg, Va., for the Republican Party of Virginia's convention. ... The stops are part of an evolving strategy with Trump's inner circle about how to counter ... Cruz's highly organized efforts at recent state Republican conventions, where the Texas senator accumulated a growing number of delegates because of his team's ability to navigate the events and rules." (
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Washington Post)

NUMBER OF THE DAY: 61%. The percent of 18 to 29 year olds who would back Clinton over Trump, according to a new 
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national poll  from the Harvard Institute of Politics. In 2012, 
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exit polls  showed President Obama won 18 to 29 year olds 60 to 37% over Mitt Romney. 

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Travel Tracker
Clinton is campaigning in Indiana, and will hold a primary night event in Philadelphia.

Sanders is holding a rally in West Virginia.

Cruz is holding a rally in Knightstown, Indiana today.  

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

Trail Mix 
Today's primaries appear to be the first in which Trump outspent his Republican rivals on TV ads. (
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CNN )

"Trump added another reinforcement to his delegate-wrangling operation on Monday with the hiring of Ken McKay, the former campaign manager for" New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie(R). (
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New York Times)

A poll from the Behavior Research Center shows Clinton beating Trump in Arizona in a general election matchup, 42 to 35%. (
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release )

In an interview with MSNBC, Sanders admitted it will be tough for him to flip superdelegates. (
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NBC News )

"Cruz's presidential campaign is vettingCarly Fiorina as a potential running mate." (
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Weekly Standard)

After a rally in Pennsylvania on Monday, Trump autographed a "copy of 'Playboy' from March 1990, featuring the billionaire himself on the cover." (
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CNN )

INDIANA PRIMARY: 7 days.

ELECTION DAY COUNTDOWN: 196 days.

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