Trump won in his bidto become the Republican nominee for president
Billionaire Donald Trump won another state in his bidto become the Republican nominee for president witha decisive victory Tuesday in the western U.S. stateof Nevada.
Final results showed Trump with 46 percent of thevote, far ahead of Florida Senator Marco Rubio's 24percent. Texas Senator Ted Cruz finished in thirdplace with 21 percent.
Trump's win is his third straight victory after taking primaries in New Hampshire and SouthCarolina earlier this month. It also gives him momentum going into an important week in thecampaign with a dozen states voting on March 1.
Trump gave a victory speech, saying that despite pundits predicting his campaign would notgo far, he is now "winning the country." He also said that when more Republicans drop out, hewill pick up a lot of their supporters.