Sanders, Cruz take Wisconsin presidential nomination primary

Trump falls way behind in voting

12:30 p.m.

With 96 percent of Democratic vote counted, Sanders’ lead over Clinton is 56.4 percent to 43.3, according to the AP. Cruz leads 48.4 percent to Trump’s 35 percent (95 percent of the Republican votes have been counted).

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10:30 p.m. 

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says his string of recent victories is cutting into Hillary Clinton’s lead, giving him a real shot at the nomination. 

Sanders is campaigning in Wyoming just after his victory in the Wisconsin primary. 

“We have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses and we have won almost all of them with overwhelming landslide numbers,” Sanders said.

Sanders believes he continue the momentum with a victory in New York on April 19, and some of the five northeastern states that cast ballots a week later. He’s expected to win the Wyoming caucuses Saturday. 

He’s casting himself as the stronger general-election candidate against GOP front-runner Donald Trump. 

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10:10 p.m.

The Sanders lead is “YUGE” now. 55.8 to 43.9 percent. Some have predicted he needs a 16-point margin to make up for Clinton’s superdelegates. 

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9:45 p.m.

From fivethirtyeight.com: “In case anyone is interested, the re-weighted exit polls have Cruz winning by 14 percentage points and Sanders by 12 percentage points.”

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9:10 p.m.

Results in the Wisconsin presidential nomination primary have Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz winning.

On the Democratic side, The Associated Press is reporting that Sanders has taken 44 delegates with 54.7 percent of the votes (181,228 votes), while Clinton has 28 delegates and 46.1 percent of the vote (155,483).

For the Republicans, it’s Ted Cruz walking away with the win and 24 delegates at 52.4 percent of the vote (200,684).

Donald Trump has just 30.6 percent of the vote (117,124) in the winner-take-all state – so 0 delegates. 

John Kasich received 14.7 percent of the vote (50,089).

For those interested in reading a live blog of the coverage, here’s a link from the fivethirtyeight.com website.