Donald Trump was denied a Republican sweep of the #SuperTuesday states as Ted Cruz won a commanding victory in Texas, with Trump finishing a distant second. The victory adds to Cruz’s first-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.
https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/704848711520800768
BREAKING: CBS News projects @TedCruz and @HillaryClinton win TX primaries: https://t.co/BUqYBYsrIM #SuperTuesday
— CBS News Politics (@CBSPolitics) March 2, 2016
.@FoxNews can now project @tedcruz will win his home state of #Texas. @realDonaldTrump comes in 2nd and @marcorubio in 3rd #SuperTuesday
— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) March 2, 2016
BREAKING NEWS: Fox News projects @tedcruz as the winner of the Texas Republican Primary. #SuperTuesday pic.twitter.com/q1hhASV1yy
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 2, 2016
Breaking: We can project @tedcruz will win the Texas Republican Primary.
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) March 2, 2016
NBC News projects Ted Cruz (R) wins Texas GOP Primary.
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) March 2, 2016
BREAKING: Cruz is projected winner in Texas GOP primary https://t.co/iug5jv5Qgq #SuperTuesday #Decision2016 pic.twitter.com/cQnPnIFrkS
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 2, 2016
BREAKING: ABC News projects Ted Cruz will win Texas GOP primary https://t.co/qxGMTe00hY pic.twitter.com/fowxt28FQY
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 2, 2016
CNN is projecting that Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz will win the Texas primaries for their respective parties.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 2, 2016
Cruz takes Texas, of course.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 2, 2016
Cruz gets the must-win he had to have. He wins Texas.
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) March 2, 2016
Fox News projects Cruz wins Texas. Will keep him alive for a while longer.
— Brit Hume (@brithume) March 2, 2016
Ted Cruz leaves tonight with a good talking point. He's still the only candidate to win states against Trump.
— Sarah Isgur (@whignewtons) March 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/NKingofDC/status/704849421285138433
Ted Cruz wins his home state of Texas. Now can say he's the only one who beat Trump, x2.
— Rick Klein (@rickklein) March 2, 2016
Cruz looks like he's having a better night than Rubio. #SuperTuesday
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) March 2, 2016
Latest results from Texas primaries: Cruz 120,036 to Trump's 86,872; Clinton 151,310 to Sanders' 63,014 https://t.co/zuCz0L0Z4x
— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) March 2, 2016
And a few more votes trickle in in Texas:
Cruz – 41
Trump – 28
Rubio – 18https://t.co/Q5p7sYZ2CK— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) March 2, 2016
Thank you Texas! #ChooseCruz https://t.co/pjxDblMwoG
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 2, 2016
Make that three states — the Associated Press has just called Oklahoma for Ted Cruz as well.
AP calls Oklahoma for @tedcruz, he also won Texas, two big wins as Cruz looks to be GOP alternative to @realDonaldTrump
— Scott Bauer (@sbauerAP) March 2, 2016
.@CBSNews projects @tedcruz takes #Oklahoma #SuperTuesday
— Norah O'Donnell?? (@NorahODonnell) March 2, 2016
Breaking news: Fox News projects Cruz wins Oklahoma. Huge!
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) March 2, 2016
AP now calling Oklahoma for Cruz. Good win for him.
— Brit Hume (@brithume) March 2, 2016
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz takes Oklahoma. https://t.co/2uwUnUgOPz pic.twitter.com/PdbCXFaKRH
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) March 2, 2016
.@tedcruz has won 3 states. Will get hard for @marcorubio to make case HE is best able to take on Trump head-to-head.
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) March 2, 2016
To call Cruz' win in Oklahoma, @msnbc had to interrupt the Rubio speech. Weirdly apropos.
— Shawna Thomas (@Shawna) March 2, 2016
Very big night for @tedcruz. Rubio swung and missed.
— Mike Flynn (@Flynn1776) March 2, 2016
Cruz is winning states. Rubio is not (at all!). Cruz has beaten Trump. Rubio has not. Cruz will have more delegates. Obvious case for Cruz.
— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) March 2, 2016
And yet: Look at the demographics. How does Cruz compete and win in the next big round of states?
— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) March 2, 2016
Cruz now has 3 total wins. Marco 0. Will the media notice? Nope. #SuperTuesday
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) March 2, 2016
Boy, throw in Missouri and Cruz will have won a veritable swath of the heartland, from Dubuque to El Paso…
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) March 2, 2016
Thank you Oklahoma! #ChooseCruz https://t.co/112dzQnyCW
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 2, 2016
Bernie Sanders also won Oklahoma, giving him his second victory of the night.
Wins so far: Democrats – Clinton 7, Sanders 2. Republicans – Trump 5, Cruz 2
— Michael van Poppel (@mpoppel) March 2, 2016