next. iowans sent their message loud and clear last night choosing former president donald trump by a record breaking margin and republicans are dropping out. ramaswamy last night and then just ten minutes ago former arkansas governor asa hutchinson has suspended his campaign. last night the associated press called the iowa caucuses winner in fewer than 60 minutes after people had begun voting. governor ron desantis in second. a distant second. and just a few points ahead of nikki haley. ramaswamy who i mentioned was only single digit support. each candidate with a message to voters after those results. one of them shaking up the race. as of this moment, we are going to suspend this presidential campaign. we deserve a new direction under new conservative leadership. we deserve a president who will focus on the needs of our people, not on themselves. because of your support, in spite of all of that that they threw at us, everyone against us, we ve got our ticket punched
ted cruz has made it official at least on twitter. at midnight the senator from texas tweeted i m running for president and i hope to earn your support along with this video. it s a time for truth. a time to rise to the challenge, just as americans have always done. i believe in america and her people and i believe we can stand up and restore our promise. it s going to take a new generation. of courageous conservatives to help make america great again and i m ready to stand with you to lead the fight. last night the associated press shot photos of his family trying out the liberty university stage where he will speak today. becoming the first major candidate to announce a run for 2016. cruz decided to jump the rest of the field and he has a lot of work to do. the latest wall street journal poll shows nearly as many
people, and i believe we can stand up and restore our promise. it s going to take a new generation of courageous conservatives to help make america great again. and i m ready to stand with you to lead the fight. last night the associated press shot these photos of ted cruz and his family. wife heidi and daughters catherine and caroline trying out the liberty university stage where he s going to speak today, becoming the first major candidate to announce a run for 2016. cruz decided to jump the rest of the field. he has some work to do. latest nbc news/ wall street journal poll shows as many republicans couldn t see themselves supporting him as those that could. we ll end it there and open it up to the panel. how does he change the race? go ahead. i would like to ask sam stein that. go ahead. sam, who does he hurt more potentially, scott walker or jeb bush? you know i don t think
republicans are becoming something of an endangered species in california. today republican congressman brian bilbray, who has been on the show, lost his bid for re-election in the san diego area. bilbray conceded the race to democrat scott peters in his state s newly drawn 52nd district. that was there. last night the associated press called the race in the 7th district not far from san francisco, there, longtime republican congressman and hardball guest dan lundgren is out. notre dame guy. that brings california s congressional delegation to only 15 republicans, 38 democrats. wow. we ll be right back. whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don t.
[ male announcer ] don t just reject convention. drown it out. introducing the all-new 2013 lexus ls f sport. an entirely new pursuit. republicans are becoming something of an endangered species in california. today republican congressman brian bilbray, who has been on the show, lost his bid for re-election in the san diego area. bilbray conceded the race to democrat scott peters in his state s newly drawn 52nd district. that was there. last night the associated press called the race in the 7th district not far from san francisco, there, longtime republican congressman and hardball guest dan lundgren is out. notre dame guy. that brings california s congressional delegation to only 15 republicans, 38 democrats. wow. we ll be right back.