Mano a mano, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio lead the last pre-caucus tangle in Iowa

Mano a mano? That would have been Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz during the last Republican presidential debate before the Iowa caucuses.

The two competing candidates landed up talking the most during the debate, according to tracking by the Austin American-Statesman‘s Chuck Lindell.

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