des moines texas senator ted cruz victorious first republican nomination contest 2016 white house race another big winner iowa monday night florida senator marco rubio republican establishment months cruz donald trump brand angry scorched-earth insurgent politics define race republican presidential nomination moderate candidates tussle try mount challenge hope among republican party leaders long champion emerge monday person rubio finish hair behind trump point behind cruz rubio take stage hotel ballroom final result announce give amount victory speech moment say would never happen first-term senator say months tell us chance fight nomination unmistakably enter new phase three-way race say craig robinson former political director iowa republican party rubio night shock iowa political observers like robinson predict rubio would wind far behind trump cruz perhaps around 15-18 percent vote finish 23 percent rubio performance strengthen argument supporters moderate establishment candidates former florida governor jeb bush new jersey governor chris christie ohio governor john kasich throw support money behind rubio could use extra cash campaign committee raise 14 million donors fourth quarter 2015 put well behind cruz bring 20 million date campaign raise nearly 40 million cruz raise 47 million rubio super pac raise unlimited fund long coordinate directly also trail pacs support cruz pull 30.5 million last year cruz pacs rake 42 million trump billionaire largely self-funds campaign rubio third place finish iowa mean consensus establishment candidate say douglas gross republican strategist des moines rubio fly new hampshire monday even likely begin make argument voters ahead state primary early nominate contest feb. 10. campaign trail iowa rubio rail many target cruz trump islamic state immigration president barack obama healthcare overhaul popularly know obamacare embed criticism within optimistic inclusive message american-born son cuban immigrants rubio would first hispanic president enough angry rubio tell voters last-minute campaign weekend caucus vote anger plan anger solution iowans support rubio caucus tell reuters respond positive message view best candidate beat hillary clinton november election democratic nominee look someone really agent change think marco rubio guy say kevin huerkamp 56 clive iowa accord election return rubio swamp cruz trump iowa urban areas des moines iowa city davenport -suggesting could prosper republican race progress dense populate state florida ohio story refiled replace rubio name last paragraph trump marco rubio emerge champion batter republican establishment