TAKEN DOWN A PEG  Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the crowd at a campaign rally on January 27. Trump, considered the Republican front-runner, finished a surprising second to Sen. Ted Cruz in the Iowa caucus Monday (Tuesday in Manila), the first vote in America’s long and complicated process to elect a president. AFP PHOTO
TAKEN DOWN A PEG
Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the crowd at a campaign rally on January 27. Trump, considered the Republican front-runner, finished a surprising second to Sen. Ted Cruz in the Iowa caucus Monday (Tuesday in Manila), the first vote in America’s long and complicated process to elect a president. AFP PHOTO

DES MOINES, Iowa: Republican Senator Ted Cruz bumped billionaire Donald Trump from the top spot and Democrat Hillary Clinton faced a fierce challenge Monday as Iowans voted in the first nominating contest of the 2016 White House race.

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