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What We Learned From Super Tuesday

Have his Super Tuesday wins propelled Donald Trump toward the Republican presidential nomination or have strong showings outside his home state of Texas renewed the campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz? What do some disappointing results, despite high-profile endorsements and tough attacks on the front-runner, mean for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio? Will Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders soldier on, buoyed by a few wins and close contests, though Hillary Clinton is looking inevitable?

Ted Cruz might be the last, best hope for conservatives to stop Donald Trump after Super Tuesday

Ted Cruz had a super Tuesday.

The Texas senator has suffered through a string of rough news cycles, from losing evangelicals to Donald Trump in South Carolina to firing his communications director and finishing behind Marco Rubio in Nevada.

Donald Trump had a good (though not great) night. Ted Cruz survived (and won a few more states than we thought he would). And Marco Rubio struggled (finishing third in delegates). That’s your summary of last night’s Republican SuperTuesday contests.

It’s tempting to go granular after a night like Super Tuesday. What if Marco Rubio had won a few more votes in Virginia? What if Donald Trump had a few more in Oklahoma and Alaska? What about the delegate math? It’s not that these are unworthy questions. After a night that was pretty good for Trump but also not the kind of historic showing that would have put the Republican race away, we’ll have plenty of time to dissect what happened in the coming days.

Cruz, Rubio and Sanders Plan Their Next Moves to Close Rivals’ Leads

They won delegates and, in some cases, primaries. But they did not win the night.

Now, with Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump out to clear leads in their parties’ nominating contests, their rivals are hatching plans to chase them down. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont will set out to prove his campaign has the support and mettle to survive a winding primary calendar. (He has made clear that it has the money.) Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, meanwhile, are left to tussle anew in a bid to emerge as the chief alternative to Mr. Trump.

Trump racked up wins in seven states to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s three and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s one. And Clinton defeated Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in seven of the 11 Democratic contests.