<p>As expect Donald Trump is the big winner in the Republican Presidential Primary on Super Tuesday.  ;In record turnouts, he has won 7 of 11 states. See the chart below for the numbers.</p>
<p>After these results Trump has a huge lead in the delegate count. Should the election be pared to just Cruz ;and Trump, Cruz would have a steep hill to climb to prevent Trump from reaching more than 50% of the delegate ;count. Trump currently has about 285 delegates of 1237 he needs for the nomination. Cruz, at 160 ;delegates would need to win in the near term by substantial amounts.</p>
<p>Governor Chris Christie introduced Trump for his victory speech tonight in Mira Lago. Christie has endorsed ;Trump after his own campaign ended after New Hampshire and appears to be fully supporting Trumps campaign. ;Speculation is Christie might make a very good Attorney General, or perhaps a VP candidate.</p>
<p>Ted Cruz took his home state of Texas and neighboring Oklahoma, plus a surprise victory in Alaska.  ;In ;Oklahoma, the most recent polls had Trump ahead by at least 10 points, and Cruz running second or third. ;Cruz has won four states so far.</p>
<p>In his own victory speech, Cruz proclaimed it is now a contest between himself and Trump. He called on the ;other candidates to join him in defeating Trump (i.e. fold their own campaigns). He may have a point, should ;they want to gang up on Trump, they could conceivably garner the votes for Cruz to defeat him. But this is ;by no means certain, since 1) polls show Trump gets a substantial number of newly deciding voters, and 2) ;its not so easy to control where your supporters will go when you give up, even when you ask them nicely.</p>
<p>Senator Marco Rubio won Minnesota, followed by Cruz and then Trump. This was his first victory in any state, ;and Trump&#8217;s worst finish.</p>
<p>Although Kasich and Carson, seemed to alternate for last place in most states, Kasich claimed he has done ;better than expected.  ;He was a distant second to Trump in Massachusetts and barely lost in Vermont. One ;commentator pointed out that Kasich likely cost Rubio the election in Virginia. Again, this is by no means ;certain.</p>
<p>So far none of the losing candidates have dropped out, all expecting to stay in for the next round.</p>
<p>Upcoming primaries, ;</p>
<p>March 5, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Maine.</p>
<p>March 8, Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan and Mississippi</p>
<p>March 12, Washington DC</p>
<p>March 15, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, and Ohio ;</p>
<p>In the chart below, winning candidates are in blue, candidates not winning but still getting delegates are ;in green.</p>
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