Overall, a record number of voters cast ballots in Louisiana’s Republican primary – signaling increased interest in the still heated battle for the GOP nomination.
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Woody Jenkins, co-chairman of Trump’s Louisiana leadership team, said he disagrees with Rubio getting five congressional delegates and questioned whether that could change as the numbers become more firm. So if a candidate gets on a roll, the Republican race for president could end quickly.
His campaign said he was recalibrating his efforts and scheduled events in Kansas instead.
Part-time Palm Beacher Donald Trump holds a 38-to-30 percent lead over Florida Sen.
“I can’t believe I would say yes, but yes”, Graham said, laughing, when asked by CBS News whether he thinks the party should rally around Cruz.
But the senator remains bullish on his chances.
The snapshot of Florida comes before the state’s crucial 99-delegate, winner-take-all primary set for March 15.
“Let me tell you the real con artist”.
Republicans are voting in four more states on Tuesday – and Donald Trump could be on the verge of another round of victories, according to the polls. Back then, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won all 32 delegates in Idaho’s first-ever Republican caucus, where people gather to debate the candidates and split off into factions for their preferred choice.
But the Sun-Sentinel, which had initially backed Jeb Bush in the GOP primary, lambasted Rubio, writing that he “has nearly no experience and has done little but run for office”, and criticizing his missed Senate votes.
The result is a Catch-22: He needs money to compete in Florida, while donors wait out those results for signs of his long-term viability.
In three-quarters of U.S. states, the delegates who travel to the Republican convention to represent, say, Trump are picked among party activists without input from the candidate.
A separate Magellan Strategies poll from the same state places Trump at 41%, Cruz at 21%, Rubio at 15%, and Kasich at 9%. Marco Rubio has not campaigned in the state.
Already, some in Team Trump are questioning the math.
It wasn’t just Rubio. “It is telling, though, that Rubio is not even the clear victor in a direct face off with Trump”.
Duchossois and others who pinned their hopes to him said they were turned off by Rubio’s taunts, including calling Trump’s “the worst spray tan in America” and equating Trump’s disproportionately small hands with his manhood.
“It’s just a hard year to know for sure”, Silhan said. “In Rubio, I don’t see the presidential gravitas”. “They’ve got to be very careful”, Trump said in Wichita.
The Texas senator was leading Trump by more than a 2-to-1 margin in partial returns in Kansas.
He beat Trump in a closed GOP caucus, where only registered Republicans could vote.
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Beaumont reported from Des Moines, Iowa; AP writers Steve Peoples and Julie Bykowicz contributed from Washington.
