
US Senator Ted Cruz struck first in Saturday's handful of presidential nomination contests, decisively winning Kansas and Maine.
However, the brash billionaire -- the frontrunner in the race -- prevailed in the Bayou state thwarting a concerted effort from Republican party elders to slow his advance toward the White House nomination.
Early projections showed Trump with a healthy lead in the night's other election contest, a primary in the state of Kentucky.
- AFP