Iowa Caucus: Gone!
Posted by Jake Leonard on January 4, 2008
Barack Obama, John Edwards and Hillary Rodham Clinton didn’t have too bad of a night at last night’s Democrat caucus in Iowa. They respective finished first through third, with New Mexico governor Bill Richardson and former Deleware senator Joseph Biden rounding out the top five. Three delegates remained uncommitted and one vote came for former Connecticut senator Christopher Dodd. No delegate votes came for former Alaska senator Mike Gravel or for Ohio representative Dennis Kucinich.
The results:
| Barack Obama | 940 | 38% | 16 |  |
| John Edwards | 744 | 30% | 14 | |
| Hillary Clinton | 737 | 29% | 15 | |
| Bill Richardson | 53 | 2% | 0 | |
| Joe Biden | 23 | 1% | 0 | |
| Uncommitted | 3 | 0% | 0 | |
| Chris Dodd | 1 | 0% | 0 | |
| Mike Gravel | 0 | 0% | 0 | |
| Dennis Kucinich | 0 | 0% | 0 |
That may have been it for the Democrats in Iowa, but there are still tallies still rounding up on the Republican caucus, even though 96% of all precincts are accounted for. Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee easily ed the victory although he took off on the night before the caucus to go to LA to be on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. This diversion obviously didn’t hurt any impact Huckabee made in the state. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former Tennessee senator and Law & Order actor Fred Thompson rounded out the top three, with former Arizona senator John McCain and Texas representative Ron Paul rounding up the top five.
The results:
| Mike Huckabee | 39,814 | 34% | 30 |  |
| Mitt Romney | 29,405 | 25% | 7 | |
| Fred Thompson | 15,521 | 13% | 0 | |
| John McCain | 15,248 | 13% | 0 | |
| Ron Paul | 11,598 | 10% | 0 | |
| Rudy Giuliani | 4,013 | 3% | 0 | |
| Duncan Hunter | 515 | 0% | 0 |
Due to the results, only two Democrats dropped from the race: Dodd and Biden.
New Hampshire, you’re next!
