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

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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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Donald Trump, who declined to attend, spoke elsewhere in Iowa.