Originally Posted: April 6, 2016
Cruz win keeps GOP race on track toward contested convention
Ted Cruz firmly won the Wisconsin primary, and he’s in the race until its end, but he doesn’t stand a realistic shot of winning the Republican nomination through the primary vote.
Now the question becomes: How much can he narrow the delegate gap between himself and Donald Trump, and how much does it matter? Such questions are subject only to speculation, since no precedent for this scenario exists in recent memory, and because the party’s rules for the process are months from being formed.
But experts agreed: The future of this race lies with the delegate tallies.
Even with a sweeping victory — Cruz won 33 Badger State delegates and Donald Trump won 6 — the Texas senator is not poised to win a majority of delegates before the party convenes to pick a nominee. READ MORE