Cruz in control.
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With 99 percent of the precincts reporting, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is projected to win over Donald Trump in the Iowa Republican caucuses. Cruz is ahead of Trump by more than 5,100 votes at 28 percent; the billionaire businessman has 24 percent, and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is in third with 23 percent.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.