Ted Cruz, Donald Trump in a virtual tie for first in the Missouri Republican primary

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published 16 March 2016

The Missouri Republican primary is too close to call, with 99 percent of precincts reporting. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz both have 41 percent of the vote, with Trump having a slim lead over Cruz with his 382,093 votes to Cruz's 380,367. John Kasich is in third place with 10 percent, or 94,533 votes.

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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.

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