Iowa Caucus Results 2012
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney beat former senator Rick Santorum (Pa.) in the Iowa caucuses by just eight votes, a sign of a splintered and increasingly fractious field as the GOP presidential race moves to New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida.
The former Massachusetts governor emerged victorious over former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) by a razor-thin margin of just eight votes. The final results, announced early Wednesday by the Iowa GOP, showed Romney had 30,015 votes to 30,007 for Santorum.
Despite the victory, Romney was unable to garner 25% percent of the vote. With 99.5% of precincts reporting, Romney won 24.6% to Santorum’s 24.5%. In all, more than 122,000 straw ballots were cast, a record for Iowa Republicans.
The complete results below :
| Candidate | Votes | Pct. | Del. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitt Romney | 30,015 | 24.6% | 7 |
| Rick Santorum | 30,007 | 24.6% | 6 |
| Ron Paul | 26,219 | 21.5% | 0 |
| Newt Gingrich | 16,251 | 13.3% | 0 |
| Rick Perry | 12,604 | 10.3% | 0 |
| Michele Bachmann | 6,073 | 5.0% | 0 |
| Jon Huntsman | 745 | 0.6% | 0 |
| Herman Cain | 58 | 0% | 0 |
| Buddy Roemer | 31 | 0% | 0 |
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