Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz took a clean sweep of Wyoming's 14 delegates to narrow the lead of frontrunner Donald Trump.
Senator Cruz is trying to stop Mr Trump reaching the 1,237 delegates required to win the nomination outright at the Republican National Convention in July.
If there is a contested convention, delegates are free to switch their allegiance.
Saturday's result leaves Mr Trump with 755 delegates to Mr Cruz's 559. Ohio Governor John Kasich has 144.
Mr Cruz is continuing to rack up small wins that expose his Billionaire rival's inability to master local campaigning.
Trump has been critical of the process, calling it "rigged" while speaking at a rally in Syracuse, New York.
He has complained about Colorado, which awarded its 34 delegates to Mr Cruz despite not holding a popular vote.
Mr Trump said his supporters are becoming angry with states such as Wyoming and Colorado.
"They're going nuts out there; they're angry," Mr Trump said.
The bosses took away their vote, and I wasn't going to send big teams of people three, four months ago, have them out there."
Mr Cruz was the only candidate to address the convention in Casper on Saturday, with Mr Trump largely bypassing the state.
Instead the property mogul is focusing on his home state of New York, where he is looking to grab the majority of the 95 delegates at stake on Tuesday.
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