Cruz gains steam with 2 wins on ‘Super Saturday’; Trump calls on Rubio to drop out
- 8 years ago
Sen. Ted Cruz’s bid to become the chief alternative to Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump gained steam Saturday, as he secured commanding victories in the Kansas and Maine caucuses while Sen. Marco Rubio withered with a string of third-place finishes.
Trump won the Louisiana primary and the Kentucky caucuses, underscoring the extent to which the Republican nomination race has become a contest between him and Cruz.
Taken together, the results marked a devastating rebuke of the Republican establishment, which has settled on Rubio as its standard-bearer.
He not only failed to win any states Saturday, but he also finished in third place in every state that voted Saturday except Maine, where he was projected to finish fourth behind Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
Trump won the Louisiana primary and the Kentucky caucuses, underscoring the extent to which the Republican nomination race has become a contest between him and Cruz.
Taken together, the results marked a devastating rebuke of the Republican establishment, which has settled on Rubio as its standard-bearer.
He not only failed to win any states Saturday, but he also finished in third place in every state that voted Saturday except Maine, where he was projected to finish fourth behind Ohio Gov. John Kasich.