Ted Cruz wins Maine Republican caucus

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz won the Maine Republican caucus on Saturday, with 46 percent of the vote.

Donald Trump came in second with 33 percent, followed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich with 12 percent and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio with 8 percent. Richard Bennett, chairman of the Maine Republican Party, said turnout was extremely high, with 18,650 Republicans participating; in 2012, 5,585 votes were cast.

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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.