USA: Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum won the January 3rd Iowa Republican U.S. presidential caucus by a thin margin, reversing a caucus night declaration that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was the victor

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  • Title: USA: Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum won the January 3rd Iowa Republican U.S. presidential caucus by a thin margin, reversing a caucus night declaration that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was the victor
  • Date: 20th January 2012
  • Summary: ROMNEY GREETING SUPPORTERS CLIVE, IOWA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 3, 2012) (REUTERS) VIEW OF VENUE WHERE IOWA RESIDENTS GATHERED FOR CAUCUS CAUCUS VOLUNTEERS CHECKING-IN RESIDENTS CAUCUS-GOERS WAITING IN LINE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE PLACING BALLOTS INTO BOX VARIOUS OF CAUCUS WORKERS COUNTING BALLOTS
  • Embargoed: 4th February 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Usa, Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAZ5FJM0N1KXPH1BXH4BG7XDYU
  • Story Text: Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum won the January 3rd Iowa Republican U.S. presidential caucuses by a razor-thin margin of 34 votes, according to certified results released on Thursday (January 19) by the Iowa Republican Party.
    Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney had been declared the winner on the night of the caucuses, but now falls to second place. Santorum received 29,839 votes, compared with 29,805 for Romney, according to the new figures.
    Romney had previously been declared the winner by 8 votes.
    Santorum nowup the winner after being almost an afterthought in the race just weeks before the Iowa contest.
    The Iowa caucuses were the first contest in the state-by-state battle for the Republican presidential nomination to face Democratic President Barack Obama on November 6. The caucuses were a quirky contest in which voters in the Midwestern state cast ballots at hundreds of public meetings around the state.
    After Iowa, Romney went on to win the January 10 New Hampshire primary. The next contest is Saturday in South Carolina.
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