Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It’s really close between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in the Iowa Democratic caucuses. Sanders describes it as a “virtual tie.” But the Clinton campaign team is casting her performance as a win. Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon told reporters, “we believe strongly that we won tonight.” He’s pointing to Clinton’s capture of at least 22 delegates to the party’s national convention to Sanders’ 21, with one left to be decided.

Bernie Sanders says his razor-thin contest against Hillary Clinton in Iowa is giving his campaign a “kick-start.” The Democratic presidential candidate says it shows the American people that “this is a campaign that can win.” Sanders tells reporters traveling aboard his flight to New Hampshire early Tuesday that his message of addressing wealth inequality resonated with voters in Iowa. He predicts it will resonate in the early voting states of New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.

Ted Cruz tells The Associated Press that his victory in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses is a victory for the grassroots, and he says his triumph is part of a larger movement of conservatives against what he calls the “Washington cartel.” Cruz says his win “was a victory for courageous conservatives in Iowa and all around the country.” The first-term Texas senator says that from “Day One, we built our campaign as a movement for Americans to organize and rally to band together against the disaster of the Washington cartel.”

Democrat Martin O’Malley is pulling out of the presidential race after the Iowa caucuses on Monday night, but says the party must “hold strong” behind the eventual nominee. The former Maryland governor says Democrats must stick to their beliefs, including a responsibility to advance the common good.