Trump, Clinton win big, but Cruz shows fight

US Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz showed some fight yesterday after a big win in Utah, giving hope to establishment Republicans who fear Trump will ruin the party in the race for the White House.

This came despite a huge win for front-runner Donald Trump in Arizona. Cruz, the US senator from Texas, yesterday picked up an endorsement from former candidate Jeb Bush, which Cruz said bolstered his case that he is the par ty’s best chance for winning the November 8 election.

“Across the country the momentum is with us,” Cruz said. Trump easily defeated Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich in Arizona with a hard-line antiimmigration message. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton routed challenger Bernie Sanders in Arizona, stretching her advantage in the party’s presidential nomination race.

But wins for Sanders in Utah and Idaho bolstered his case, despite Clinton’s big lead. Tuesday ’s nominating contests were overshadowed by the attacks in Brussels, raising security concerns among US voters.

Clinton seized on this to argue neither Trump nor Cruz could be trusted in the fight against Islamic State militants.