Republicans and Democrats voted in Wisconsin on Tuesday. Here’s what happened:
- Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Bernie Sanders came away with big victories in the Badger State, as anticipated.
- Cruz appeared to have won at least 36 of the 42 Republican delegates at stake and had a chance, as of this writing, of shutting Donald Trump out entirely in Wisconsin.
- The result appeared to bring the Republican race one step closer to a contested convention scenario, in which no one candidate goes in with a majority of delegates.
- Trump released a sour-grapes non-concession statement accusing Cruz of illegally coordinating with outside groups.
- “Ted Cruz is worse than a puppet – he is a Trojan horse, being used by the party bosses attempting to steal the nomination from Mr Trump,” the statement said.
- Hillary Clinton tweeted her congratulations to Sanders and asked supporters to look “forward!”
- Sanders gave a victory speech in Wyoming, where Democrats vote Saturday. He proclaimed momentum and projected victory.
- The setbacks for Clinton and Trump in Wisconsin could be much more than reversed, in terms of delegates, with wins in New York, which votes on 19 April.
- Visit our comprehensive delegates tracker here, and find a district-by-district interactive map of the Wisconsin results here.
