U.S. election: Bernie Sanders wins Wyoming's Democratic caucuses

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders picked up another win Saturday in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, defeating rival Hillary Clinton in the Wyoming caucuses and extending his recent run of victories. 

Both Sanders and Clinton were campaigning in New York during the day, though, because the 14 delegates at stake in Wyoming are the fewest pledged delegates to offer among the 50 U.S. states. 

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Sanders's wife interrupted his remarks at a campaign rally in New York with news of his latest victory. 

Sanders quickly relayed the word to the crowd of several hundred people, and after a standing ovation, he joked that there were probably more people at his event than live in Wyoming.

He picked up at least seven of the state's 14 delegates to Clinton's six. One delegate remains to be assigned, pending a final vote tally.

The victory on Saturday means Sanders has now won 16 states, compared to Clinton's 18. But it will do little to change the overall pledged delegate count, which Clinton leads by 1,286 to 1,037.

The Vermont senator can claim momentum, though, heading into New York: The Wyoming triumph gave him wins in seven of the last eight state contests, including Wisconsin last Tuesday.

Sticks to issues  

Sanders, who grew up in Brooklyn, kicked off a four-day New York City swing at a theatre in Manhattan. He took a light-hearted jab at Clinton's move to New York in 2000 to represent the state in the U.S. Senate.

Speaking about the upcoming New York primary, Sanders said: "Remember, this is Hillary Clinton's adopted home state," to laughs from the crowd. "That's not a crime, just wanted to make that point," he added.

Sanders tried to stick more to the issues after a fractious week in which he questioned Clinton's qualifications to be president.

The Vermont senator said it was "amusing" to see his rival join New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo this past week to celebrate a bill raising the state's minimum wage to $15 US an hour, noting that she supports raising the federal minimum wage to only $12.

Clinton, who planned a Brooklyn campaign stop later in the day, does back Senate legislation that would give cities and states the ability to set a higher hourly threshold.

Cruz campaigns in Colorado

In other presidential campaigning Saturday, Republican nomination seeker Ted Cruz tried to pick up more delegates in Colorado, while front-runner Donald Trump stayed in his home state to focus on New York's all-important April 19 primary.

Cruz hopes to add to his edge in Colorado over Trump when 13 more delegates are chosen at the state's Republican convention. The Texas senator has already locked up the support of 21 Colorado delegates and visited the state to try to pad his numbers there.

It takes 1,237 delegates to win the nomination at the Republican national convention in July in Cleveland.

Trump holds a 743 to 532 delegate lead nationally over Cruz, but there seems to be a real chance no one will claim a majority of Republican delegates before the convention. Ohio Gov. John Kasich has 143 delegates.

The well-organized Cruz campaign is scrambling to pick up every delegate possible to force a contested convention.

In Colorado, where more than 3,000 people gathered at the state convention, Trump's organizers distributed a slate of names that listed incorrect information for three of his candidates.

Keeping up his tussle with Trump over values, the ultraconservative Cruz told the Colorado crowd it's easy to talk about making America great again — "you can even print that on a baseball cap" — referring to Trump's campaign slogan, but that the more important question is which candidate understands "the principles and values that made America great in the first place."

Trump spent about a half-hour on Saturday touring the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum in lower Manhattan. The businessman, who makes much of the heroism of New Yorkers after the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackings, left without speaking to reporters who were invited along for the visit. 

Kasich also was campaigning in New York.