WISCONSIN — The John Kasich campaign declared Tuesday night that “the nomination contest is now wide open” as early exit poll results predicted a Ted Cruz victory over Donald Trump in the Wisconsin primary.

Kasich campaign manager John Weaver sent out a memo explaining that Trump will probably not get to 1,237 delegates now, opening up the convention floor for a second-ballot Kasich power play. Cruz is currently racing to steal delegates to win on the second ballot as the Republican Establishment hints that it might run Paul Ryan at the convention in Cleveland.

Weaver wrote:

This week will be remembered as the one in which Ted Cruz and Donald Trump both effectively admitted they will not reach the GOP Convention with enough bound delegates to be the nominee. Tonight’s results will solidify the fact that no candidate will reach Cleveland with 1237 bound delegates. Heading into today, Ted Cruz was already mathematically eliminated, needing 102% of outstanding bound delegates . Donald Trump needs to win 2/3 of remaining bound delegates. That is confirmed by our internal data, which shows Gov. Kasich running a close second to Trump throughout the eastern seaboard and leading in many critical Congressional Districts .

“Gov. Kasich is the only candidate who can defeat Hillary Clinton,” Weaver added, noting that “Cruz or Trump as nominee would likely be an electoral disaster for down-ballot Republicans.”