10 things you need to know today: March 6, 2016

Ted Cruz takes two states on Super Saturday, Clinton and Sanders split Democratic contests, and more

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1. Trump wins Louisiana and Kentucky; Cruz takes Kansas, Maine

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz handily won the Kansas and Maine Republican caucuses on Saturday, but Donald Trump won Kentucky and Louisiana, the most delegate-packed state of the Super Saturday contests. During a victory speech, Trump called on Marco Rubio, who came in third in most of the Saturday contests, to exit the race, saying, "You have to be able to win, and he has not been able to win."

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.