Cruz’s twin Super Tuesday wins don’t put him at the top of the delegate heap.
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The Florida senator’s long-shot White House hopes now rest with his home state, which votes on March 15.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets members of the audience after speaking at a rally at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Ga., on Monday.
A large enough margin of victory for Clinton could signal an insurmountable lead over Sanders.
A Trump sweep across the South would be a massive blow for Cruz.
Texas polls were scheduled to close at 9:00 p.m. ET Tuesday, while those in Arkansas were due to close 30 minutes earlier.
Super Tuesday is pivotal in the presidential nomination race, with almost a quarter of the 2,472 Republican delegates are up for grabs and some 20% of all delegates for the Democrats.
Clinton also picked up wins in Alabama and Arkansas, while Trump carried the GOP contests in Alabama and MA.
Ted Cruz cast himself as the only alternative to Republican frontrunner Donald Trump during a victory speech amid the Super Tuesday contests.
Opinion polls showed Cruz could pull out a win in his home state of Texas.
Among those who said they cared most about a candidate being honest and trustworthy, most in both states supported Sanders.
Fox News projects Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will easily win the delegate-rich Georgia primaries – while Bernie Sanders, as expected, is projected to win his home state of Vermont.
Overall, Trump leads with 221 delegates.
Even before the first results started flowing in, Trump was calling on Rubio to give up if he didn’t win anywhere on Tuesday.
Despite what is largely expected to be a big night for Clinton elsewhere in the country, Sanders pledged to fight on and reminded voters the real race is won by the delegate count, not the candidates’ win-loss record.
The most powerful Republicans in Washington were referring to a weekend interview on CNN in which Trump refused to denounce the former KKK grand wizard or racist groups.
Mr Trump has stunned the Republican establishment to become the party’s front-runner. “Once we get all this finished, I am going after one person – that’s Hillary Clinton”, he said.
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Mr Trump, speaking at a news conference in his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, said he had “expanded the Republican party”, claiming he is responsible for higher voter turnout in the primary states. Republicans also vote in Alaska and Democrats in Colorado.
