Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is projected to be the winner of the Maine Republican caucus, with Donald Trump in second.
Maine Caucus (R) we project will go to Ted Cruz
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) March 6, 2016
Maine saw record turnout on Saturday. There had not been much polling done of the state, but Cruz's victory in a state with a very small population of Evangelical Christians (who h
Maine GOP turnout for caucuses broke record #mepolitics
— Susan Sharon (@SusanSharon1) March 6, 2016
Maine's Gov. Paul LePage endorsed Donald Trump at the end of last month. Clearly, his endorsement didn't have much of an effect.
UPDATE: Here are the final official results:
Cruz: 43%
— Christine Rousselle (@crousselle) March 6, 2016
Trump: 36.6%
Kasich: 11.1%
Rubio: 8%#MEGOPcaucus
no delegates for Rubio
This post has been updated.