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| U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz © Jim Young / Reuters |
Republican presidential
candidate Ted Cruz will win the Iowa Caucus, upsetting frontrunner Donald
Trump. The Monday showdown featured a three-way contest between Cruz, Trump and
Florida Senator Marco Rubio.
GRAPHITTI
NEWS/RT report continues:
Texas
Senator Cruz modeled his campaign after past Iowa winners, visiting all of the
state’s 99 counties and courting evangelical and conservative leaders,
according to the Washington Post.
With
99 percent of precincts reporting, Cruz had 28 percent over Trump's 24
percent. In the night’s biggest surprise, Rubio nearly caught Trump,
finishing with 23 percent of the vote.
Rubio
is viewed by many Republicans as a more mainstream alternative to Trump and
Cruz.
As
Trump and Rubio battled for second place, the senator saw his results as a
victory.
"We
have taken the first step, but an important step, to winning the
nomination," Rubio said to his supporters in Des Moines, according to
AP. He congratulated Cruz, saying his rival "earned his victory."
Trump
said he was "honored" by a second place finish in Iowa, and continued
to fight in New Hampshire, the next primary state.
Cruz's victory is something
of an upset considering Trump was leading in multiple polls heading into the
caucus.
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