Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney eked out a narrow victory over former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in the Iowa caucuses Tuesday, winning the first contest for the Republican presidential nomination, the Hawkeye state's Republican party chairman Matt Strawn said early Wednesday morning after a long night with the two candidates in a dead heat.
Santorum pulled off a stunning come from behind performance in Tuesday's Iowa caucuses, garnering just eight fewer votes than a much better funded and better organized Romney in the closest Iowa contest since the modern caucuses were formed in 1976.
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Results for Iowa Republican Caucus (U.S. Presidential Primary) |
Jan 03, 2012 (100% of precincts reporting) |
Mitt Romney | 30,015 | 24.6% | |
Rick Santorum | 30,007 | 24.5% | |
Ron Paul | 26,219 | 21.4% | |
Newt Gingrich | 16,251 | 13.3% | |
Rick Perry | 12,604 | 10.3% |
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