Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz won
their Wisconsin presidential primary elections, extending the
Democratic competition and increasing the chances that the Republican nominee
will be picked at a contested party convention in July.
The Midwestern state, the latest qualifying
round in the most eccentric race for the White House in generations,
dealt losses to prime candidates, Republican Donald Trump and
Democrat Hillary Clinton, as their main opponents recorded big-margin
victories.
With 92 per cent of votes totaled, Mr Cruz
was leading Mr Trump by 49 per cent to 35 per cent in Wisconsin’s Republican
primary with the only other candidate, Ohio governor John Kasich, winning
just 14 per cent of the vote.
In the Democratic race, Mr Sanders held a
lead of 56 per cent to 43 per cent over Mrs Clinton with the same percentage of
votes totaled.
Mr Cruz, the Republican senator from Texas,
enjoyed the support of an alliance of conservative detractors of Mr Trump and
Republican establishment opponents seeking to halt the New York billionaire’s
march towards the required 1,237 party delegates he needs to settle the
nomination.
The victory confirmed that the Texan, a
conservative firebrand and unpopular figure among the Republican establishment,
is the unlikely, chosen alternative for party’s senior figures to the rebellious
Trump.
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