Ted Cruz put new pressure on Donald Trump Tuesday night as he scored a convincing victory in Wisconsin's Republican presidential primary, an election he had to win in order to stay in the presidential hunt.
He framed the win as 'a turning point' in the GOP race and 'a victory for every American,' projecting strength despite the lack of a path to the nomination outside of a contested convention.
'Together we will win a majority of the delegates, and together we will beat Hillary Clinton in November,' he said, allowing that capturing the nomination is something more likely to happen during the July Republican National Convention than beforehand.
With 97 per cent of the voting precincts in the Badger State reporting their totals, the Texas senator held 48 per cent total, with the billionaire frontrunner on 35 per cent.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich trailed with 14 per cent.
MESSAGE: 'Tonight is a turning point,' Cruz told cheering supporters at a victory rally. 'It is a call from the hardworking people of Wisconsin to America. We have a choice. A real choice.'
Cruz took the stage at the american Serb Banquet Hall to the strains of 'Where The Stars And Stripes And Eagle Fly' by country artist Aaron Tippin.
'I was born by God's dear grace in an extraordinary place where the stars and stripes and the eagle fly,' the song begins.
It was an odd choice for a presidential hopeful who was born in Canada and held dual citizenship until less than two years ago.
Trump has made hay over Cruz's place of birth, suggesting he should resolve the legal question of his eligibility to hold he Oval Office well in advance of the general election.
The brash billionaire issued a fighting-words statement saying that he had 'withstood the onslaught of the establishment' in Wisconsin that wants to poach the GOP nomination from him and hand it to one of their own.
SMILES: Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz celebrates with his wife Heidi in Milwaukee
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