Cruz, Sanders, Clinton and Trump score wins the 'Super Saturday'

Senator Ted Cruz scored decisive victories in Kansas and Maine caucuses on Saturday, demonstrating its enduring appeal among conservatives, while trying to reel in Donald J. Trump significant advantage 's in the Republican presidential race.

Mr. Trump advances contained Cruz to win the primaries in Louisiana and Kentucky. But Texas Senator victories were sure to energize the anti-Trump forces are desperately trying to stop the march of Mr. Trump for the nomination, and left little doubt that Mr. Cruz, who has now captured six states, is its best hope.

In Democratic contests, Hillary Clinton won a commanding victory in Louisiana, the state with the largest number of delegates at stake on Saturday, while Sen. Bernie Sanders won the caucuses in Nebraska and Kansas, according to The Associated Press. The results were not likely to alter the broader outlines of a race in which Mrs. Clinton has a significant advantage delegate.

The greatest risks were on the Republican side, and the voters felt; participation in Kansas, for example, was more than double that of 2012. Mr. Cruz won 48 percent of the votes there, while Mr. Trump received 23 percent, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida won the 17 percent and governor John Kasich of Ohio won 11 percent. The results were tighter in Maine, but Mr. Cruz is still easily Trump defeated there by 13 percentage points.

"I think what it represents is the coalescence Republicans, saying it would be a disaster for Donald Trump to be our candidate and we will be behind the strongest conservative in the race," Mr. Cruz told reporters in Coeur d'Alene , Idaho, which votes on Tuesday.

Displaying his "breadth of support," Mr. Cruz suggested that it was time that Mr. Rubio and Mr. Kasich to consider abandoning the race.

"We will continue to amass delegates, but what should happen is the field must continue to narrow," he said. "While the field is still divided Donald gives you an advantage."

Saturday's results represent another setback puncture by Mr. Rubio. He finished a distant third in Kansas and Louisiana and fourth in Maine.

Mr. Rubio, who retired travel to Kentucky and Louisiana on Friday to make three stops throughout Kansas, has a narrower way each time and faces the prospect of a humiliating defeat in his own state next week. He has won one state, Minnesota, and is far behind Trump and Mr. Cruz in delegates.

"The states that voted today are the states that frankly some of my opponents simply do better, we realized that going in," Mr. Rubio told reporters in Puerto Rico, where it expects to find a win on Sunday.

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