Mega Tuesday, perhaps the second most consequential day of voting in the 2016 election cycle so far, delivered big wins for Donald Trump, a long-sought victory for John Kasich in his home state of Ohio, and a humiliating defeat that ultimately knocked Marco Rubio out of the race.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters at his primary election night event at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Rosemary Harder wears a hat supporting Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump during a news conference held at his Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, after the Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, and Missouri primary elections. (Joe Skipper/Reuters)
Supporters hold signs for Republican candidates in front of polling precinct for the Florida Primary on March 15, 2016 in Miami, Florida. (Rhona Wise/AFP/Getty Images)
Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich casts his ballot in the primary election on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, in Westerville, Ohio. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz speaks at a watch party as his wife, Heidi Cruz, and daughters, Catherine Cruz and Caroline Cruz, look on in Houston, Texas. (Bob Levey/Getty Images)
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio speaks during a Republican primary night celebration rally at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Rubio is ending his campaign for the Republican nomination for president after a humiliating loss in his home state of Florida. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Republican presidential hopeful Ohio Gov. John Kasich celebrates his Ohio primary victory during a voting day rally at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
A voter casts a ballot at Su Nueva laundromat during voting in Illinois' U.S. presidential primary election in Chicago, Illinois, on March 15, 2016. (Jim Young/Reuters)
Voters cast their ballots during Missouri primary voting at the First Baptist Church of Ferguson in Ferguson, Missouri. (Michael B. Thomas/AFP/Getty Images)
Ohio residents cast their votes on Super Tuesday 2 in Parma, Ohio, March 15, 2016. (Aaron Josefczyk/Reuters)
A young girl waits as a voter casts her ballot in the Republican and Democratic primaries at a polling station at the Miami Beach City Hall, Tuesday, March 15, 2016, in Miami Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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