Ted Cruz on Tuesday night split two Republican nominating contests with Donald Trump, routing the billionaire in Utah but getting blown out by him in Arizona.
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Wisconsin Emerges as Potential “Anti-Trump Firewall” for Cruz
Voters head to the polls Tuesday in Arizona and Utah, but Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign see the next major nominating contest — the April 5th primary in Wisconsin — as a critical moment for anti-Trump forces.
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Pro-Cruz Groups Spent Nearly $30 Million as Republican Primary Began
Groups supporting Ted Cruz spent close to $30 million last month as the first presidential nominating contests got underway and the U.S. senator from Texas sought to position himself as the GOP’s chief alternative to frontrunner Donald Trump.
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Ted Cruz Signals Growing Frustration With “Spoiler” Kasich in GOP Race
Eager to consolidate support from Republicans opposed to Donald Trump, Ted Cruz is increasingly running into an inconvenient obstacle: John Kasich.
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Roundup: Cruz Among Last Standing, Contaminated Water, Ballpark Figures
In the Roundup: Ted Cruz still thinks he can surpass frontrunner Donald Trump to secure the GOP presidential nomination. Plus, a new report on arsenic in Texans’ drinking water and a look at which sports make money for state universities.
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Anti-Trump Movement Zeroes in on Cruz
On the brink of a two-man race with Donald Trump, Ted Cruz is drawing more attention than ever from those organizing to prevent the billionaire from winning the Republican presidential nomination at all costs.
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Cruz Wins Support of Most Texas Lawmakers Who Had Backed Rubio
With Marco Rubio out of the race for the White House, two of his top backers in Texas are throwing their support to Ted Cruz.
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Cruz Amasses Delegates As Winner-Take-All Contests Near
Ted Cruz is continuing to pick up delegates in the lead-up to the high-stakes nominating contests Tuesday that could knock two of his Republican rivals out of the race for the White House.
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Obama Mocks GOP For Giving Rise to Trump
Weighing in on the controversial candidacy of Donald Trump, President Obama ridiculed the so-called “Republican establishment” for being “shocked” by the billionaire’s rise to presidential frontrunner.
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Roundup: 2016, Voter ID Law, Hell and High Water
In the Roundup: Ted Cruz appears positioned to go head to head with Donald Trump for the GOP presidential nomination, a federal appeals court will again examine Texas’ controversial voter ID law, and the upper Texas coast remains vulnerable to a storm’s direct hit.
