Romney edges Santorum by 8 votes in Iowa caucuses
Iowa Republican Party officials announced that Mitt Romney beat Rick Santorum by just 8 votes, an outcome that blunted the momentum Romney would have otherwise carried into the N.H. primary.
Iowa results
1766 of 1,774 precincts reporting
- Mitt Romney
- 24.6%
- 30,015 votes
- Rick Santorum
- 24.5%
- 30,007 votes
- Ron Paul
- 21.4%
- 26,219 votes
- Newt Gingrich
- 13.3%
- 16,251 votes
- Rick Perry 10.3%
- Michele Bachmann 5%
- Jon Huntsman .6%
- No Preference .1%
Brian McGrory
Mitt, we still hardly know ye
Mitt Romney was typically at his best in his unscripted moments - when he allowed it. But now the question becomes, will he show the nation more than he showed us.
Scot Lehigh
Romney’s harvest
Mitt Romney’s success in Iowa is good news for him because he is better positioned for the long haul than either Ron Paul or Rick Santorum.
The next stage
As eyes turn to N.H., front-runner becomes the target
Several candidates vowed to launch more aggressive attacks on Granite State front-runner Mitt Romney, and two others all but wrote off their chances of winning in the primary.
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Members of his family behind him, Mitt Romney addressed supporters at his night rally in Des Moines.
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Rick Santorum waved to supporters alongside his wife, Karen, in Johnston, Iowa.
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Governor Rick Perry of Texas said he would reassess his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Ron Paul addressed supporters in his night rally in Ankeny, Iowa, after finishing third in the caucuses.
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After finishing fourth, Newt Gingrich said the race for the Republican nomination was just beginning.
Dave Weaver/associated press
Voters debated last night during a caucus near Smithland, Iowa.
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A father and son from Clermont, Iowa, voted at a caucus at the Clermont Opera House.
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Voters waited to register at the Clermont Opera House.
Retail politics on a budget brings unexpected success
Running on a shoestring budget, Rick Santorum had risen over the past several days to vie with Mitt Romney as the winner of the Iowa caucuses.
News Analysis
After 1st vote, a bigger hurdle: uniting a split GOP
Tea Party supporters and Christian evangelicals turned out in large numbers for Mitt Romney’s chief rivals, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul, highlighting deep divides within the GOP.
FOUR YEARS LATER
Paul emboldened by strong showing
Maverick Ron Paul, who was dismissed four years ago as an annoyance by the Republican Party establishment, left Iowa last night as a force to be reckoned with.
“There remains a clear battle over who is going to dominate in the Republican Party.”
David Redlawsk, a political science professor and director of polling at Rutgers
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