Marco Rubio projected to win Minnesota Republican caucus

Marco Rubio wins his first primary contest — (Image credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Marco Rubio has won the Republican caucus in Minnesota, his first victory in the 2016 race. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Rubio has 37 percent of the vote, followed by Ted Cruz with 29 percent, Donald Trump with 21 percent, Ben Carson with 7 percent, and John Kasich with 6 percent.

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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.