Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz pick up weekend wins
Marco Rubio edged out John Kasich in Saturday's Republican presidential caucus in Washington, D.C, earning 37 percent support and 10 delegates to Kasich's nine. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz didn't pick up any delegates.
Cruz easily took Wyoming's county conventions with 66 percent support, snagging nine delegates. Rubio and Trump earned one apiece. Cruz also won one delegate in Guam on Saturday.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton took 54 percent support in the Northern Mariana Islands caucus Saturday, winning four delegates to Bernie Sanders' two.
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