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Pivot
Point

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a primary night campaign event, Tuesday, April 5, 2016, in Milwaukee. Cruz defeated his
GOP rivals Tuesday in the Wisconsin Republican contest.

                                                                                                                                                                                                           (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

                Cruz, Sanders Emerge Victorious in Wisconsin

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Repub-        weaknesses with women          the latest in a string of vic-   Clinton in uncertainty and
lican Ted Cruz stormed to      and raised questions about     tories that have given him       preventing both from fully
a commanding victory in        his policy depth.              an incentive to keep com-        setting their sights on the
Wisconsin Tuesday, dent-       While the billionaire busi-    peting against Clinton.          general election.
ing front-runner Donald        nessman still leads the Re-     But he still trails her in the  For Sanders, Wisconsin was
Trump’s chances of captur-     publican field, Cruz and an    pledged delegate count           favorable territory, with an
ing the Republican nomi-       array of anti-Trump forces     and has so far been un-          overwhelming white elec-
nation before the party’s      hope Wisconsin signals the     able to persuade superdel-       torate and liberal pockets
convention.                    start of his decline.          egates— the party officials      of voters, and the Vermont
Bernie Sanders defeated        “Tonight is a turning point,”  who can back any candi-          senator’s victory gives him
Hillary Clinton in the Demo-   Cruz, an ultraconservative     date — to drop their alle-       a fresh burst of momentum.
cratic contest, a win that     Texas senator, told cheer-     giance to the former sec-        Because Democrats award
still leaves him with a math-  ing supporters at a victory    retary of state and back his     delegates proportionally,
ematically difficult path to   rally.                         campaign.                        Sanders and Clinton will
the White House.                “It is a call from the hard-  The results in Wisconsin         both emerge from Tues-
Trump’s defeat capped          working people of Wiscon-      make it likely both par-         day’s contest with more
one of the worst periods       sin to America. We have a      ties’ primaries will continue    delegates.
of his campaign, a brutal      choice. A real choice.”        deep into the spring, drap-
stretch that highlighted his   For Sanders, Wisconsin was     ing front-runners Trump and            Continued on Page 3
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