Marco Rubio managed to win the primary in Minnesota. The win netted Rubio one more delegate than the Canadian-Cuban Ted Cruz who is running an illegal campaign (see: THE TED CRUZ CRIB SHEET. THE 34 REASONS WHY TED ISN'T NATURAL-BORN AND CAN'T BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES) and four more delegates than billionaire businessman Donald Trump.
Minnesota results:
- 38 delegates
- Rubio won
- Rubio, 14 delegates; Cruz, 13; Trump, 10
- Rubio 1.08:1 over Cruz
- Rubio 1.4:1 over Trump
Texas results:
- 155 delegates
- Cruz won
- Cruz, 99 delegates; Trump, 33; Rubio, 3
- Cruz 3:1 over Trump
- Cruz 33:1 over Rubio
In three states combined, Alaska, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Cruz managed to net one delegate more than Trump though trump won Arkansas.
Alaska results:
- 28 delegates
- Cruz won
- Cruz, 12 delegates; Trump, 11; Rubio, 5
- Cruz 1.09:1 over Trump
- Cruz 2.4:1 over Rubio
Oklahoma results:
- 43 delegates
- Cruz won
- Cruz, 14 delegates; Trump, 12; Rubio, 11
- Cruz 1.17:1 over Trump
- Cruz 1.27:1 over Rubio
Donald Trump won the majority of delegates from Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia.
Arkansas results:
- 40 delegates
- Trump won
- Trump, 16; Cruz, 14 delegates; Rubio, 9
- Trump 1.14:1 over Cruz
- Trump 1.77:1 over Rubio
Alabama results:
- 50 delegates
- Trump won
- Trump, 36 delegates; Cruz, 13; Rubio, 1
- Trump 2.77:1 over Cruz
- Trump 36:1 over Rubio
Georgia results:
- 76 delegates
- Trump won
- Trump, 40 delegates; Rubio, 14; Cruz, 18
- Trump 2.86:1 over Rubio
- Trump 2.22:1 over Cruz
Massachusetts results:
- 42 delegates
- Trump won
- Trump, 22 delegates; Kasich, 8; Rubio, 8; Cruz, 4
- Trump 2.75:1 over Kasich
- Trump 2.78:1 over Rubio
- Trump 5.5:1 over Cruz
Tennessee results:
- 58 delegates
- Trump won
- Trump, 31 delegates; Cruz, 14; Rubio, 9
- Trump 2.21:1 over Cruz
- Trump 3.4:1 over Rubio
Vermont results:
- 16 delegates
- Trump won
- Trump, 6 delegates; Kasich, 6
- Trump 1:1 over Kasich
Virginia results:
- 49 delegates
- Trump won
- Trump, 17 delegates; Rubio, 16; Cruz, 8; Kasich, 5; Carson, 3
- Trump 1.06:1 over Rubio
- Trump 2.125:1 over Cruz
- Trump 3.4:1 over Kasich
- Trump 5.67:1 over Carson
So how much do the candidates need to spend to win the nomination? Note: The spending is in the billions. So Ted Cruz would need to spend $90 million vs Donald Trump who would need to spend $40 million at this pace. Rubio would needs to spend $465 million and Kasich, $756 million.