Ted Cruz aims to emerge from Wisconsin as Trump alternative


U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz greets attendees after a town hall campaign event in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, April 4, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Republican Ted Cruz easily won the Wisconsin presidential primary on Tuesday, dealing a blow to front-runner Donald Trump's hopes of amassing enough delegates for the party's nomination and boosting chances of a rare contested convention.

Cruz's double-digit win over Trump was a breakthrough for Republican Party forces battling to block the controversial New York billionaire, and it raised the prospect of a prolonged nomination fight that could last to the July convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

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