Business mogul Donald Trump is projected to get his third campaign win of the 2016 presidential race. Associated Press and CNN both project Trump will win the Nevada Republican caucus, after winning big in New Hampshire and South Carolina.
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The campaigns are monitoring closely for any improprieties in Nevada.
There are reports of double voting at a troubled caucus site in Las Vegas.
The Republican National Committee says the reports of double voting, long lines at not enough ballots seem to be tied to one caucus site where different precincts were combined.
Other caucus sites seem to be running smoothly.
Donald Trump sent a letter to the state Republican Party complaining that an unnamed Ted Cruz backer was quoted in The Wall Street Journal advising caucus-goers to bring their cell phones and videotape the proceedings Tuesday evening.
Nevada Republicans responded by confirming that it is against party rules to record the caucus proceedings.
Cruz's campaign made another misstep this week.
Sen. Ted Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler distributed a controversial YouTube video showing Sen. Marco Rubio commenting on the Bible — and misquotes him as saying, “Got a good book there. Not many answers in it.”
However, Rubio actually said, “All the answers are in there.”
“Every single day something comes out of the Cruz campaign that’s deceptive and untrue,” the U.S. senator from Florida said.
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Cruz asked for and accepted Tyler’s resignation, saying, “Rick Tyler’s a good man. This was a grave error of judgment.” He later added, “We are not a campaign that is going to question the faith of another candidate.”
Just yesterday, Cruz received a roaring applause after he said he wants millions of acres of federal land in Nevada turned over to state control. He criticized Trump as someone who “wants to keep big government in charge.”
While those in Nevada think about that today, they also have to think about remarks made by John Kasich.
During a Virginia town hall Monday, Kasich said of an early 1970s political run, “We just got an army of people who, and many women, who left their kitchens to go out and go door-to-door and to put yard signs up for me.”
He later attempted to explain the comment as off-the-cuff, saying, “Everybody’s just got to relax, and the other thing I think you all know is I am not a scripted candidate.”
Some GOP donors want Kasich to drop out and send his support to Rubio, who has a personal history with Nevada and picked up several major endorsements Monday, including former Sen. Bob Dole and Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, after former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush dropped out of the race.
But Kasich laughed off that idea. "I think it's funny," Kasich responded.
While Trump has will likely have a big win Tuesday night, he does have his opponents in Las Vegas.
Culinary Union, a union for casino workers, staged a rally Tuesday in front of Trump Hotel Las Vegas. The union wants to represent the hotel's workers, but the hotel is objecting to a recent vote allowing that.
Culinary officials point out that Trump made a similar deal with employees in Canada.
The Democratic candidates, meanwhile, are taking part in a town hall forum in South Carolina. Democrats held their Nevada Caucus this past weekend, with Hillary Clinton winning the state.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.