U.S. presidential candidate Ted Cruz has won the Republican party contest in the Iowa caucuses, the first in the United States. However, Democratic Party voters in Iowa split evenly between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. At this writing, Hillary Clinton has support of 49.8 percent of voters. Bernie Sanders had 49.6 percent. The only other Democratic Party candidate, Martin O’Malley received less than one percent. The former governor of Maryland announced earlier in the vote count that he would suspend his campaign. Texas Senator Cruz finished the night with 28 percent of the Republican Party vote. He thanked his supporters in Iowa after the results were announced. He called his win a victory for “courageous conservatives” across Iowa and the United States. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders also spoke at sites in Iowa. Neither claimed victory. Both congratulated each other.
