Poll: Cruz beating Trump by 8 points in Texas

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Sen. Ted Cruz has a significant lead over Donald Trump in his home state of Texas heading into the primary there next week, according to a poll by the University of Texas and Texas Tribune.

Among likely Republican voters in Texas, Cruz gets 37 percent to Trump’s 29 percent. Sen. Marco Rubio trailed Trump at 15 percent, and Jeb Bush, who exited the race Saturday, edged out Gov. John Kasich and Ben Carson, both of whom are still running.

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