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2008 Iowa Primary / Caucus Vote Results

Iowa Electorate

  • January 3, 2008
  • 7 electoral votes
  • 2,054,843 total registered voters
  • 31% Democratic
  • 30% Republican
  • 39% Independent

Democratic Results

Closed caucuses, 57 total delegates**, 45 tied to the January 3 caucuses and 12 superdelegates.

With 100 percent of the precincts reporting Iowa Democrats saw a record turnout with 239,000 caucus attendees.

Iowa Democrats
Candidate State
Delagates		 % Delagates
Senator Barack Obama: 940 37.58% 16
Senator John Edwards: 744 29.75% 14
Senator Hillary Clinton: 737 29.47% 15
Governor Bill Richardson: 53 2.11% 0
Senator Joe Biden: 23 0.93% 0
Uncommitted: 3 0.14% 0
*Senator Chris Dodd: 1 0.02% 0
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: N/A N/A N/A
Mike Gravel: N/A N/A N/A

Precincts Reporting: 1781 of 1781

**Iowa Democratic Percentages are State Delegate Equivalents.

Republican Results

Closed caucuses, 40 total delegates**, 37 tied to the January 3 caucuses and 3 unpledged RNC member delegates.

Iowa Republicans
Candidate Votes % Delagates
Mike Huckabee 40,841 34% 17
Governor Mitt Romney 29,949 25% 12
Fred Thompson 15,904 13% 3
Senator John McCain 15,559 13% 3
Congressman Ron Paul 11,817 10% 2
Rudy Giuliani 4,097 4% 0
*Duncan Hunter 524 1% 0
*Tom Tancredo 5   0

1781 of 1781 precincts reporting

**Recent number of estimated pledged delegates from this state.

*Candidate has withdrawn from the race.