Ted Cruz Wins Kansas and Maine, and Other Republican Caucus Results
Presidential candidate Ted Cruz is on track to win the Republican caucuses on Saturday, according to early poll results.
Decision Desk called the race for Cruz with about 15 percent of the vote in.
Ted Cruz has won the Kansas Republican caucus.
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) March 5, 2016
Early results showed that Cruz led frontrunner Donald Trump by a large margin in the state.
Cruz 49.9%
— POLITICO (@politico) March 5, 2016
Trump 24.9%
Rubio 13.8%
Kasich 9.7%
18% reporting in the Kansas GOP caucuses https://t.co/oBj2TDYQKC pic.twitter.com/nKoVKJOBwP
Cruz is still trailing behind Trump, who as of Saturday had won 329 delegates.
Update 5:15 p.m. The Guardian reports that with 9 percent of votes counted, Ted Cruz is also leading in Maine, with 48 percent of the vote.
Update 5:41 p.m. AP called Kansas for Ted Cruz.
BREAKING: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz wins the Republican caucuses in Kansas. @AP race call at 5:36 p.m. EST. #Election2016 #
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 5, 2016
Ted Cruz took home wins in both Kansas and Maine, while frontrunner Donald Trump took Kentucky and Louisiana.
