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Cruz, Sanders favored at county caucuses

March 1 party caucuses in McLeod County had some of the highest turnouts in a quarter century, a trend that was reflected throughout the state with contentious presidential sparring in both major political parties.
The caucuses allowed party participants to not only hear and debate issues of the day, but cast their preferences for presidential candidates.
Minnesota Republicans split with the national trend of supporting Donald Trump as the Republican candidate for presidential. Minnesotan GOP’ers prefer candidate Marco Rubio (40,375) votes.
And McLeod County Republicans preferred Ted Cruz over either Trump or Rubio. Cruz snared 297 votes in McLeod County; Trump, 207; Rubio, 185; Ben Carson, 86; and John Kasich, 19.
In the hotly contested race between Democratic hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, both Minnesota and McLeod County Democrats threw their support behind Sanders. Sanders got 68,667 votes statewide.
In McLeod County, Sanders got 292 votes, Clinton earned 157, and there were five uncommitted votes.
The next step in the process are the county party conventions. The McLeod County Republicans will meet Saturday, March 19, at 9 a.m., at the Hutchinson Event Center. The DFL convention will be Sunday, March 13, at 1 p.m., at the Days Inn in Hutchinson.