The Iowa GOP Party will certify this month’s presidential caucuses as a split decision between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, citing missing data from eigh precincts, the Des Moines Register reported Thursday.
The party had previously awarded the contest to Romney, with an eight-vote margin. The Register said the new count put Santorum ahead by 34 votes.
Here we go again. Does this change anything?
Iowa roundup: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney eked out a razor-thin victory in Tuesday night’s Iowa Republican caucuses, holding off former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum’s late-in-the-game-surge to win by 8 votes.
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After his disappointing fifth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses — and after spending more than $4 million on TV ads in the state — Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he was heading home to the Lone Star State to “assess the results” and “determine whether there is a path forward for myself in this race.”
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