Cruz wins Iowa caucus with ethanol as backseat issue

With the support of evangelical conservatives, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz won Iowa’s Republican presidential caucus with a plurality of 28 percent despite the efforts of the ethanol industry to help a friendlier candidate to victory. Cruz supports a five-year phase-out of the ethanol mandate. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad urged fellow Republicans to defeat Cruz, telling… » Read More

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