Obama, Huckabee Win Iowa Presidential Caucuses
- Fox News
- Jan 4, 2008
Barack Obama was declared the winner of the Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses Thursday night, less than two hours after voting began.
With 96 percent of the precincts reporting Thursday evening, Obama had 38 percent of the vote while John Edwards had 30 percent and Hillary Clinton had 29 percent. Bill Richardson had 2 percent.
On the Republican side, Mike Huckabee had already been declared the winner after returns showed him clearing a much larger gap between him and his opponents.
With 78 percent of precincts reporting among Republicans, Huckabee had 34 percent and Mitt Romney had 25 percent. Fred Thompson had 13 percent and John McCain had 13 percent, according to the reporting.
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