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Ted Cruz calls Indiana primary "neck and neck"

Posted at 2:21 PM, May 02, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-02 16:02:01-04

MARION, Ind. -- Ted Cruz is calling the Indiana primary "neck and neck" and says he'll stay in the Republican presidential race for as long as he has a "viable path to victory."

He spoke to reporters after greeting hundreds of people in northern Indiana at a popular breakfast stop a day before the state's crucial primary.

Cruz was joined by Governor Mike Pence, who endorsed the republican presidential candidate last Friday.

Cruz is framing a potential fall election match-up between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as the choice between two "big government, New York liberals."

And he has been trying to rally the politically diverse, working-class swath of voters in northern Indiana, where the industrial economy remains viable but union jobs have declined in recent decades.

WATCH INTERVIEW WITH CRUZ AND GOVERNOR MIKE PENCE IN VIDEO PLAYER ABOVE

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