Ted Cruz won all 14 delegates in the
Wyoming State Republican convention, a morale-boosting victory for the
Texas senator against the controversial presidential front-runner Donald
Trump ahead of Tuesday's crucial New York primary.
Mr Trump picked only up a single delegate in Wyoming county conventions on April 9 while rival Ted Cruz got nine. In the weekend's state convention, Mr Cruz won all the 14 Republican National Convention delegates up for grabs. Florida Senator Marco Rubio has one delegate and the other four are uncommitted.
"If you don't want to see Donald Trump as the nominee, if you don't want to hand the general (election) to Hillary Clinton, which is what a Trump nomination does, then I ask you to please support the men and women on this slate," Mr Cruz said in his victory speech, holding up a piece of paper of 14 recommended delegates.
Twelve members of that state won. They are bound to the senator on the first ballot and have also made a non-binding pledge to stick with him as long as things go in Cleveland.
For 45-year-old Cruz, the win in Wyoming is another signal that demonstrates how his campaign has organised party insiders and activists to make it difficult for Mr Trump to capture the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the Republican Party nomination at the July convention in Cleveland.
With Saturday's sweep, Mr Cruz can count on at least 24 of the 29 delegates from Wyoming, a rural state. The delegates were chosen by party members rather than ordinary voters.
69-year-old Trump - who did not actively campaign in the state - remains the Republican front-runner overall.
The result from the Wyoming contest brings Mr Cruz's tally from 545 to 559 delegates compared to Donald Trump's 743.
Mr Trump picked only up a single delegate in Wyoming county conventions on April 9 while rival Ted Cruz got nine. In the weekend's state convention, Mr Cruz won all the 14 Republican National Convention delegates up for grabs. Florida Senator Marco Rubio has one delegate and the other four are uncommitted.
"If you don't want to see Donald Trump as the nominee, if you don't want to hand the general (election) to Hillary Clinton, which is what a Trump nomination does, then I ask you to please support the men and women on this slate," Mr Cruz said in his victory speech, holding up a piece of paper of 14 recommended delegates.
Twelve members of that state won. They are bound to the senator on the first ballot and have also made a non-binding pledge to stick with him as long as things go in Cleveland.
For 45-year-old Cruz, the win in Wyoming is another signal that demonstrates how his campaign has organised party insiders and activists to make it difficult for Mr Trump to capture the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the Republican Party nomination at the July convention in Cleveland.
With Saturday's sweep, Mr Cruz can count on at least 24 of the 29 delegates from Wyoming, a rural state. The delegates were chosen by party members rather than ordinary voters.
69-year-old Trump - who did not actively campaign in the state - remains the Republican front-runner overall.
The result from the Wyoming contest brings Mr Cruz's tally from 545 to 559 delegates compared to Donald Trump's 743.
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