Ted Cruz leads Donald Trump in Idaho Republican primary; Rubio, Kasich far behind

Today, Ida­ho became the first state in the con­tigu­ous Pacif­ic North­west region to hold a nom­i­nat­ing event in the 2016 pres­i­den­tial con­test. The polls have now closed in the Gem State’s Repub­li­can pri­ma­ry, and here are the ear­ly results:

Ida­ho Repub­li­can Pri­ma­ry: March 8th, 2016
With 95 of 955 precincts reporting.
(includes absen­tee precincts where applicable)
Last updat­ed Mar 8 2016 9:27PM Moun­tain Time

Unof­fi­cial ear­ly results are here.

It’s still ear­ly, but there’s no doubt Ted Cruz is off to a good start. He has a small but impor­tant lead over Don­ald Trump. Rubio and Kasich, mean­while, are at a dis­tant third and fourth place, and prob­a­bly won’t be con­tend­ing for vic­to­ry in this election.

Thir­ty-two del­e­gates are at stake in Ida­ho. It is not a win­ner-take-all state, so no mat­ter how well Ted Cruz does, he’ll still be split­ting some del­e­gates with Trump.

POSTSCRIPT: Cruz cruised to vic­to­ry in this contest.

Ida­ho Repub­li­can Pri­ma­ry: March 8th, 2016
With 963 of 963 precincts reporting.
(includes absen­tee precincts where applicable)
Last updat­ed Mar 9 2016 4:04PM