Cruz wins GOP race in Iowa; Dems too close to call
By Niall Stanage
DES MOINES Ted Cruz won the Iowa Republican caucuses on Monday night, but Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were locked in a razor-close race that was still undecided as the time neared 1:30 a.m. on the East Coast.
Clinton sought to make an implicit claim to victory when she told cheering supporters, I stand before you breathing a big sigh of relief thank you, Iowa.
But Sanders, who addressed his own rally a short time later, declared the result to be a virtual tie against the most powerful political organization in the United States of America.