Santorum won Jan. 3 Iowa US presidential caucuses

Reuters , Thursday 19 Jan 2012

Despite declaring Republican contender Mitt Romney winner, formal results show rival Rick Santorum to have won the 3 January Iowa caucuses by thin margin

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Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, speaks at the Personhood USA forum in Greenville, S.C., Wednesday, (Photo: AP).

Former US Senator Rick Santorum won the Jan. 3 Iowa Republican US presidential caucuses by a razor-thin margin of 34 votes, according to certified results released on Thursday 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 eight votes. Santorum now ends up 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 6 November. 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 10 January New Hampshire primary. The next contest is Saturday in South Carolina.

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