Cruz stakes claim as Trump's main rival Sanders takes 2 states
(MENAFN- Asia Times) Ted Cruz
With nearly half of the votes counted in Kansas networks called the mid-western state for Cruz who earned some 49% of the vote doubling up on Trump who was second with 25%. Senator Marco Rubio was in third followed by Ohio Governor John Kasich. Kansas and the other contests will provide the first test of whether the Republican establishment’s desperate effort to halt Trump led this week by 2012 nominee Mitt Romney is having any effect among voters. The brash real estate mogul Trump is ahead in the all-important delegate count for the Republicans having won 10 of the 15 states that have voted to date in the process that determines the nominees for both parties. But Cruz’s win is a reminder that while Trump still appears to be the likely nominee it is by no means inevitable. “God bless Kansas!” Cruz told a campaign rally in Idaho upon learning that he was projected the winner. “What we’re seeing is conservatives coming together… and standing as one behind this campaign.” Read More
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