She faces Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont in the primary.
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Rubio also made a late push in Yellowhammer state, making campaign appearances headed into Super Tuesday in both Birmingham and Huntsville. Opinion polls showed Cruz could pull out a win in his home state of Texas.
Cruz is ahead in most state polls, but the U.S. Senator needs to win big in Texas.
“Our campaign is the only campaign that has beaten, that can beat, and that will beat Donald Trump”, Cruz told his supporters at a rally in Houston.
Polls in all 12 states close at seven or eight o’clock p.m. or sometime in between.
(Adds details) By John Whitesides and Steve Holland WASHINGTON/WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 1 (Reuters) – R epublican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton scored early primary wins on Tuesday in Georgia, CNN projected, as the two presidential front-runners looked to take command of their party nominating battles on the 2016 campaign’s biggest night of voting.
Voters waited in long lines to cast their ballots in Texas on Super Tuesday – the most important day of the year for the presidential hopefuls. Clinton said to the crowd at her watch party in Miami, FL. “Instead of building walls, we are going to break down barriers”, Clinton said.
Fox News reports that for Democrats, Super Tuesday holds the possibility of picking up 865 delegates, while the Republicans are in a race to earn as numerous 595 delegates as possible.
With almost 80 percent of Texas precincts reporting, Cruz has 42.6 percent of that vote. The lonestar state has 222 Democratic delegates to be earned and 155 Republican delegates.
With 27.6 percent of the vote, Trump has 14 pledged delegates in Texas.
“A win is winning Texas”, Ted Cruz said in anticipation of the big day-a crucial point in his campaign. For the Republicans, it gives Cruz the momentum to compete with Trump.
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Neither race is over, but the two leaders are clear frontrunners.
