Caucus And Primary Results From Kansas, Louisiana And Other States

Mar 07, 2016, 07:22

Ted Cruz has won the Republican presidential caucuses in Kansas and ME, strengthening his position as the prime alternative to Donald Trump.

According to U.S. media, primary polls were held in around five states (four Republican States and three Democratic states) Nebraska, Louisiana, Maine, Kentucky and Kansas.

With the Republican race in chaos, establishment figures frantically are looking for any way to derail Mr Trump, perhaps at a contested convention if no candidate can get enough delegates to lock up the nomination in advance.

But Trump climbed back with victories in the Louisiana Republican primary and the Kentucky caucuses.

"The scream you hear - the howl that comes from Washington, DC - is utter terror at what we the people are doing together", he said, adding that conservatives are "coming together... and standing as one behind this campaign".

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Unfortunately for the GOP insiders who can not seem to catch a break this election year, "Super Saturday" was super for Ted Cruz. The scream you hear, the howl that comes from Washington, DC, is utter terror at what "We the People" are doing together .

In Maine it was a startling 13-point win for the arch-conservative Cruz in the more moderate New England region.

"I'm with Harry Potter: I'm not going to the dark side", he told reporters after a rally in Traverse City, Michigan, where Kasich hopes for a strong showing in Tuesday's primary.

The wary interest in Cruz from more mainstream Republicans is the latest unexpected twist in a GOP race where talk of a contested convention or third-party candidate is becoming commonplace.

The four Republican contests on Saturday together account for just 155 delegates. Yet while a new poll puts Mr Kasich in front in Ohio, Mr Trump appears to have a double-digit lead over Mr Rubio in Florida.

Despite the support of many elected officials in Kansas, Mr Rubio, a Florida senator, came up short, raising serious questions about his viability in the race. Kasich trailed with 25.

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"Dana, you are speculating, I don't think that's going to happen". "I think it's time now that he drop out".

However Senator Rubio said he would now concentrate his efforts on his home state.

"Trump is still on the path toward the nomination", Mr Bonjean said. Puerto Rico Republicans will vote on Sunday.

But the Texas Senator's wins were sure to energise the anti-Trump forces who are desperately trying to stop Trump's march to the nomination, and they left little doubt that Cruz, who has now captured six states, is their best hope. "Our campaign has beaten Donald Trump in seven states across the country". Bernie Sanders was able to win in smaller caucuses in states with whiter populations, while Clinton ran up a big margin in a state with a heavy black Democratic population.

With 123 delegates, Rubio is 255 delegates behind Trump in the race for the 1,237 needed to win the Republican nomination for president. But it was the biggest one - Louisiana - and she will likely have maintained or grown her delegate lead even further when all is said and done. But in terms of delegates, Clinton continues to dominate with at least 1,117 to Sanders's 477. Trump said his campaign barely spent any time in those states, estimating that it was "two hours in one place and two and a half hours in the other".

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