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Marco Rubio's Tough Super Tuesday Yields a Victory
The Florida senator finally got a victory in the 2016 presidential race, but now he faces a must-win situation in his home state.
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Senator Marco Rubio won Minnesota's Republican presidential caucus Tuesday, his first victory of the 2016 race, which is being overshadowed by billionaire front-runner Donald Trump.
Minnesota was the only high point for Rubio on a night that saw Trump take seven states in the Super Tuesday primary contests, when roughly half of the delegates needed to secure the party's nomination were set to be awarded. The tepid performance across the south, where Rubio had envisioned his campaign would rebound, was the latest obstacle to his hopes of becoming the Republican nominee, and sets up a must-win battle for his home state of Florida on March 15.