Monday, January 7, 2008
Obama wins in Iowa, with Edwards second, Clinton third
Sen. Barack Obama, riding a message of hope and change and buoyed by extraordinary turnout, decisively won the Iowa Democratic caucuses January 3 night, dealing a significant setback to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the battle for the party's 2008 presidential nomination.
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With almost all of the state's 1,781 precincts reporting, Obama, D-Ill., was winning 38 percent of the delegates being awarded in the competition. Clinton, D-N.Y., took 29 percent to run third behind former senator John Edwards, D-N.C., who drew 30 percent.
Obama's victory came after the longest, costliest and most intensely fought campaign in the history of the Iowa caucuses. The year-long competition produced a huge turnout that temporarily swamped some precincts and reflected the energy and enthusiasm among Democratic voters determined to recapture the White House in November.
Party officials said turnout exceeded 236,000, far above the 124,000To read the full story, click here..
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