Sanders Wins Kansas And Nebraska Democratic Caucuses

Mar 06, 2016, 15:17
Sanders Wins Kansas And Nebraska Democratic Caucuses

Providing new evidence that there's no quick end in sight to the fractious Republican Party race for president, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump each captured two victories in a four-state round of primary voting.

Cruz, a Texas senator, claimed Kansas and ME, and declared it "a manifestation of a real shift in momentum".

Clinton's substantial margin of victory in Louisiana withstood Sanders' wins in Kansas and Nebraska. And he and Trump were in a tight race in Kentucky caucuses.

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The Super Saturday contests offer a chance for the two front-runners to quicken their momentum after they both came out of the contests last Tuesday with solid delegate leads.

UPDATE: 4:35 p.m. EST - Decision Desk HQ called the Kansas Republican caucus for Texas Sen.

With almost half of the votes counted, networks called the midwestern state for Cruz, who earned some 49% of the vote, doubling up on Trump who was second with 25%.

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In Louisiana, with 800,000 registered Republicans, the campaign has been shadowed by serious economic troubles as state officials are struggling to reconcile yawning budget deficits that threatened basic public services.

Trump said it was time for Marco Rubio to exit the race. Florida will award all of its 99 delegates to the victor of its primary.

The anti-Trump forces have a short window to stop the caustic businessman, who ahead of Saturday had accumulated 319 of the 1,237 delegates needed to win the nomination at July's Republican national convention, outpacing Cruz, who had 226 delegates. Clinton, who's been doing well with African-American voters, had an easy win in Louisiana.

Sanders won the Democratic races in Nebraska and Kansas. A GOP official told CNN turnout was so high that some caucus sites ran out of ballots. She says, "He's got to get his face out there somehow".

"It's not enough to say, 'Vote for me because I am angrier and over the top and am going to do and say things no one is going to do, '" he told conservatives at the conference that Trump had skipped.

"It's my opportunity to revolt", said Betty Nixon, a 60-year-old Trump voter in Olathe, Kansas.

Rubio won the Minnesota caucuses - his only victory of the entire cycle to date. Marco Rubio, who has claimed only one win so far in the race and is now facing a must win contest in Florida on March 15.

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Tara Evans, a 52-year-old quilt maker from Bellevue, Nebraska, said she was caucusing for Clinton, and happy to know that the former first lady could bring her husband back to the White House.

"I think what it represents is Republicans coalescing and saying it would be a disaster for Donald Trump to be our nominee", said Cruz, adding that he will be campaigning vigorously in Florida.

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz poses for a photo at a campaign rally on March 5, 2016 in Wichita, Kansas The Republican party is holding its state wide caucus in several locations.

On the Democratic side, Clinton leads with 1,066 delegates to 432 for Sanders. Democrats in three states were choosing between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. There were 109 at stake on Saturday. For the Democrats, 11 for Clinton and seven for Sanders.

Sanders, at a rally in suburban Warren, stressed his opposition to "disastrous" trade agreements that he said cost U.S.jobs. We hit him hard.

"No matter who wins this Democratic nomination, I have not the slightest doubt that on our worst day we will be infinitely better than the Republicans on their best day", Clinton said.

This report was written by the Associated Press. Nancy Benac reported from Washington.

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