Rubio, Cruz Hit Atlanta, While Hillary Wins South Carolina

GOP presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio made campaign stops in Atlanta on Saturday, while Democrat Hillary Clinton followed up her Friday visit to the city with a decisive victory in South Carolina’s primary.

Columbia Patch reports that Clinton captured a huge percentage of the black vote Saturday in South Carolina to secure her first overwhelming victory in the 2016 Democratic primaries, defeating Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders as the party looked forward to Super Tuesday voting in 11 mostly southern states, including Georgia.

Cruz held a rally at downtown Atlanta’s Liberty Plaza on Saturday morning, while Rubio appeared at Mount Paran Christian School in Kennesaw.

GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is spending more than $886,000 in TVs ads that will air in Georgia and five other states next Tuesday.

Georgia is part of the SEC primary, along with Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. The billionaire business is spending $170,000 on ads in the Atlanta market, and $200,000 in Georgia, reports Politico. He is also spending more than $160,000 in Alabama; $130,000 in Tennessee; $100,000 in Arkansas; and $80,000 in Virginia.

In Georgia, Trump is leading in many polls over U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz.

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