Marco Rubio wins Puerto Rico primary
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) handily won Puerto Rico's Republican presidential primary Sunday, Politico reports.
Puerto Rican voters don't participate in the November general election, but do have a hand in each party's nomination process. Rubio was the only candidate to visit the island, and received 74 percent of the vote, followed by Donald Trump with 14 percent, Ted Cruz with 9 percent, and John Kasich with 1 percent.
Aside from Puerto Rico, the only contest Rubio has won so far was Minnesota on Super Tuesday. Trump and Cruz both called on the senator to drop out after his weak Super Saturday showing.
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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.
