K starts out with ohio.
‘States’ are defined to include territories..
Cruz got Guam , for example.
The point is,that Kasich just needs a majority of the delegates in eight states, not a majority of the delegates in the primaries or caucuses in eight states. So, if any time after the first ballot, eight states say by a majority of their delegates that Kasich should be the nominee then the establishment wins... and he is a nominee.