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Statewide: Cruz wins Idaho

Supporters cheer the announcement Idaho being called for Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, at the Idaho GOP Election Night Party at the Riverside Hotel in Boise Tuesday. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)
Supporters cheer the announcement Idaho being called for Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, at the Idaho GOP Election Night Party at the Riverside Hotel in Boise Tuesday. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)

The latest results, with 621 of 956 precincts reporting - that's 65 percent - show Ted Cruz winning the Idaho GOP presidential primary with 43.9 percent of the vote. Donald Trump is in second place with 28.7 percent; Marco Rubio trails with 16.7 percent; and John Kasich with 7.3 percent. Under Idaho GOP rules, candidates get a share of Idaho's 32 delegates only if they get at least 20 percent of the vote, so if these numbers hold, Cruz and Trump will split Idaho's delegates. In the Constitution Party primary, J.R. Myers leads with 47 percent, followed by Scott Copeland, 38.9 percent, and Patrick Anthony Ockander, 14.1 percent/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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