Cruz Campaign Outmuscles Trump in 34-Delegate Colorado Sweep
- Texas Republican shows his grassroots organizational strength
- Clinton loses to Sanders in Wyoming but delegates are split
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz greets supporters in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 9, 2016.
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Ted Cruz swept the Republican National Convention delegate selection process in Colorado, displaying a strong grassroots organizational effort and greater popularity among the western state’s most committed party activists.
The showing from the junior senator from Texas highlighted Donald Trump’s lack of a robust national political organization, a problem that could doom the Republican front-runner and political novice at the party’s national convention in July.