Cruz, Sanders victorious in Wisconsin

Sens. Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders won their parties’ primaries in Wisconsin Tuesday night, further slowing down the momentum of front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

“We are winning because we’re uniting the Republican Party,” Cruz said in a victory speech. “Tonight is about unity, and tonight is about hope.”

In exit polls, Republican voters indicated a growing concern about a potential Trump presidency. Though Trump still had plenty of enthusiastic supporters, some voters in Wisconsin were turned off by his recent candor and ridicule directed at Cruz’s wife, women who have abortions, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. If Cruz wins all of Wisconsin's 42 delegates—a possibility given how the state allocates its votes—Trump would need to win 57 percent of those remaining to clinch the GOP nomination before the July convention. So far, Trump has won 48 percent of the delegates awarded.

On the Democratic side, Sanders, who has now won six of the last seven state Democratic primaries, added his Wisconsin win to a growing list of victories. But he faces a much wider gulf to cross if he wants to oust Clinton as front-runner; he still trails her by hundreds of delegates. Complicating his race to the nomination are the Democratic superdelegates—delegates who are free to choose a candidate regardless of their states’ primary or caucus results—many of whom are already committed to voting for Clinton.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.