Republican Cruz bests Trump in Iowa race, Clinton edges out Sanders

Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, left, speaks, as Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, listens during the NBC, YouTube Democratic presidential debate at the Gaillard Center, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, in Charleston, S.C. (Source: AP) U.S. Senator Ted Cruz soundly defeated billionaire Donald Trump in Iowa’s Republican nominating contest on Monday, upending the party’s presidential race and creating a three-way competition with establishment candidate Senator Marco Rubio. On the Democratic side, officials said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had won by a razor-thin margin against U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the...