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The Ticket: Christie, Cruz and Full-Contact Campaigning

This week on The Ticket: Ted Cruz and Chris Christie were two of the winners from the last GOP debate. What does that mean for their campaigns? We join New Jersey Public Radio's Matt Katz and WNYC's David Furst to find out.

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The Ticket was a weekly look at presidential politics from a Texas perspective in the leadup to the 2016 election. It included veteran political reporters Jay Root of The Texas Tribune and Ben Philpott of KUT News. Find it on SoundCloud and Stitcher. 

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This week on the The Ticket 2016: Two of the big winners from last week's GOP debate were Ted Cruz and Chris Christie. Both made waves by attacking the media, and both drew rave reviews for talking tough and being forceful during the debate. What does that mean for the two campaigns? We join New Jersey Public Radio's Matt Katz and David Furst from WNYC to find out.

Visit TheTicket2016.com, where you can find more episodes and links to subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud and Stitcher.

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