Update: 5:20 p.m.

HERSHEY — Fresh off a resounding defeat in the New York primary, Ted Cruz told hundreds of supporters here on Wednesday that Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is overconfident about his chances in Pennsylvania next week.

“Donald and the media want to convince everyone that Pennsylvania is a suburb of Manhattan,” Cruz said. “That's what they're telling. Manhattan has spoken and Pennsylvania will quietly file into obedience. You know I've got a lot more faith in the people of Pennsylvania.”

The Republican presidential hopeful and U.S. senator from Texas was accompanied at the rally by former presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, who met with voters at the Lancaster County Republican Committee headquarters on Columbia Avenue later in the day.

Standing on the same stage Kasich used three weeks earlier for his own event, Cruz and Fiorina rallied a crowd of about 700 at the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum.

Cruz said Trump is overconfident about winning Pennsylvania next Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/Hq9sz6omvj — Sam Janesch (@samjanLNP) April 20, 2016

It was Cruz’s second appearance in the central part of the state. On April 1, he received roaring ovations from about 1,000 people at an annual gathering of conservatives outside Harrisburg.

Recently, he's been making his way across the state, from Pittsburgh to Erie to Philadelphia, in the run-up to Tuesday’s primary.

His Pennsylvania state chairman, Lowman Henry, told LNP the campaign is looking to hold rally in Lancaster sometime in the next five days — possibly Sunday or Monday.

“I can’t imagine that Lancaster wouldn’t be one of the stops at some point,” Henry said, adding that they’re looking at several local venues, and they typically don’t announce an event more than 24 to 36 hours ahead of time.

In Hershey, Cruz gave his oft-recited speech focusing on “jobs, freedom and security.”

He spoke of raising trillions in new federal money to rebuild the military in order to “defeat radical Islamic terrorism.”

Cruz talks about rebuilding the military to defeat "radical Islamic terrorism." pic.twitter.com/jXavjNUT0P — Sam Janesch (@samjanLNP) April 20, 2016

To do that, he said, he would “repeal Obamacare, pass a flat tax, reign in the regulators, stop amnesty. That's going to create millions and millions of new jobs, bring manufacturing back to America, raise wages.”

The crowd was made up of supporters who were young and old, and from all parts of Pennsylvania. Standing among antique vehicles, many chanted “Ted.”

They audibly gasped when Cruz mentioned polls that show Democrat Hillary Clinton beating Trump head-to-head in Utah, which he said is “the reddest state in the Union.”

And they loudly cheered when Cruz said he imagines Clinton “tossing and turning in her jail cell” when she thinks about Fiorina giving Cruz her endorsement.

Fiorina, in introducing Cruz to the Hershey crowd, lauded him as a true constitutional conservative compared to Trump.

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Fiorina in Lancaster

Later in the day, after taking a Cruz campaign bus down Route 283, Fiorina stopped by the Republican Party headquarters here, where about 50 Republicans showed up to take photos, ask questions and hear her speak in person.

She compared Trump’s falling short of securing the nomination to a football game.

“When the Steelers are on the five-yard line, they’re on the five-yard line. They didn’t get a touchdown,” said Fiorina, who was a Lancaster County favorite before she dropped out in February.

One Fiorina supporter told her she wished she had continued her campaign.

“I just want to tell you how sorry I am you are not running for president because I’m watching the debates and I loved everything you have to say,” she said.

However, even with her local support, some of the crowd still wasn’t convinced about the candidate she’s now stumping for.

Franklin & Marshall College government majors Zack Bradley and Nick Salatino, both sophomores, said they would both probably support Fiorina if she was still running, but they’re undecided on Cruz, Trump or Kasich.

“In my eyes (Cruz is) a little different,” said Bradley, 20, of the Lehigh Valley. “I don’t know if he’s drawn me in yet. But she articulates (the issues) better than he does.”

“The fact that she backs Ted Cruz definitely makes Ted Cruz a more attractive candidate in my eyes,” said Salatino, 19, of Parkton, Maryland.

Earlier report:

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is campaigning in Hershey this morning with supporter and former presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina.

The Texas senator held a 10 a.m. rally at the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum, where Ohio Gov. John Kasich held a town hall event earlier this month.

It was Cruz’s second stop in the central part of the state after his speech at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference on April 1.

Fiorina, who has campaigned for Cruz frequently, had been a Lancaster County-favorite before dropping out in February. She had raised the most money here in the 2015 calendar year.

With the Pennsylvania primary next Tuesday, several other presidential campaign visits are scheduled, with more expected in the coming days.

See below to follow reporter Sam Janesch (@samjanLNP) and photographer Blaine Shahan (@blaineshahanLNP) as the cover Cruz's visit.

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