Ted Cruz wins Kansas Republican caucus
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has won the Kansas Republican caucus.
With all of the results in, Cruz won 48 percent of the vote in Kansas, followed by Donald Trump with 23 percent, Marco Rubio with 17 percent, and John Kasich with 11 percent. The Kansas Republican Party released a statement earlier Saturday, saying turnout across the state was "incredible," with some locations reporting "four or five" times the number of voters who came out in 2012. Republicans are also caucusing today in Kentucky and Maine, and holding a primary in Louisiana.
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