memeorandum: Sanders refuses to concede defeat in Iowa (Eliza Collins/Politico)

8:25 PM ET, February 2, 2016

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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:

Why Trump Lost Iowa — Evangelicals come through for Cruz. — West Des Moines, Iowa — All of the televisions in the Sheraton ballroom at Donald Trump's caucus watch party were turned to CNN when the news arrived a little after 9:00 p.m. local time. With 97 percent of precincts reporting …

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Sam Lau / Iowa Democratic Party:

Statement from IDP Chair on Tonight's Historically Close Caucus Results — DES MOINES—IDP Chair Dr. Andy McGuire released the following statement on tonight's 2016 Iowa Democratic Precinct Caucuses: — “Tonight we saw an historically close Iowa Democratic Caucus that featured …

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Jason Clayworth / Des Moines Register:

Caucus turnout: Robust, record-setting and surprising — Iowa's 2016 caucus attendance was a doozy. — Republicans counted more than 180,000 caucusgoers, topping their 2012 attendance record of 121,503 by an estimated 60,000 people. — And while Democratic numbers weren't completely tallied …

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Karen Friar / MarketWatch:

Coin toss broke 6 Clinton-Sanders deadlocks in Iowa — and Hillary won each time — While it was hard to call a winner between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders last night, it's easy to say who was luckier. — The race between the Democrat presidential hopefuls was so tight …

Eliza Collins / Politico:

Sanders refuses to concede defeat in Iowa — Bernie Sanders isn't ready to concede in Iowa just yet, citing reports that some precincts were decided by a flip of a coin. — In a news conference after a campaign event in New Hampshire, the Vermont senator was asked whether he was ready …

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Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
The Effort To Turn Out Latino Voters In Iowa Worked

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Dan Roberts / Guardian:
Bernie Sanders wants raw vote count released after tight finish in Iowa caucuses

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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
A Tie in Iowa Is a Win for Hillary

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Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Sometimes, Iowa Democrats award caucus delegates with a coin flip

Des Moines Register:
Last Slide — In an unknown number of Iowa Democratic caucus …

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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders rally chant: 'She's a liar!'

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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why a ‘Virtual Tie’ in Iowa Is Better for Clinton Than Sanders

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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The surprising success of Bernie Sanders's insurgency should be a wake-up call to the Democratic establishment

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Peter Weber / The Week:
Sorry, Bernie: A tie in Iowa is still a win for Hillary

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Harper Neidig / The Hill:

Cruz apologizes for spreading rumor about Carson dropping out — Iowa Republican caucus winner Ted Cruz on Tuesday apologized to fellow candidate GOP presidential Ben Carson for spreading a rumor that the former neurosurgeon had dropped out of the race. — “Last night when our political team saw …

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CNN:

First on CNN: Ted Cruz apologizes to Ben Carson — Windham, New Hampshire (CNN)The day after winning the Iowa caucuses, Ted Cruz issued an apology to Republican rival Ben Carson for falsely telling Iowa caucusgoers that the retired neurosurgeon planned to quit the race, calling it a “mistake.”

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Candace Smith / ABC News:

Jeb Bush and the Perils of High Expectations

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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:

13 Quick Takeaways From The 2016 Iowa Caucuses — The Iowa caucuses finally took place last night, after months of Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns criss-crossing the state. Polls were volatile heading into caucus night. — 1) Ted Cruz, Take a Bow

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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
5 takeaways from the Iowa caucuses

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Rush Limbaugh:
Reagan Conservatism Dominated Iowa

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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Ben Carson Accepts Cruz Apology for Caucus Night ‘Dirty Tricks’

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Tessa Berenson / TIME:
Ben Carson Accuses Ted Cruz of Dirty Tricks at Iowa Caucuses

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CNN:
Carson heading home to Florida to get ‘a fresh set of clothes’

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:

Scott Brown to endorse Trump — MILFORD, N.H. — Former Massachusetts senator Scott P. Brown, a moderate Republican who two years ago ran for Senate in New Hampshire, will endorse Donald Trump at a rally here Tuesday night, one week before the state's presidential primary.

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Donald Trump Comes Out Of Iowa Looking Like Pat Buchanan

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David Brooks / New York Times:
Donald Trump Isn't Real

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Christie belittles Rubio as ‘the boy in the bubble’

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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Rivals Look to New Hampshire for a Shot at Breaking Donald Trump's Stride

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James Oliphant / Reuters:
Marco Rubio emerges as champion of battered Republican establishment

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Betsy Reed / The Intercept:

A Note to Readers — The Intercept recently discovered a pattern of deception in the actions of a staff member. The employee, Juan Thompson, was a staff reporter from November 2014 until last month. Thompson fabricated several quotes in his stories and created fake email accounts …

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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo: The Intercept Says Ex-Staffer ‘Went To Great Lengths’ To Fake Stories

Peter Sullivan / The Hill:

House fails to override ObamaCare veto — The House on Tuesday failed to override President Obama's veto of legislation that would have repealed much of ObamaCare and defunded Planned Parenthood. — The result was expected, given that an override would have required Democratic support to succeed …

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Associated Press:
High Hopes, Wide Gulf as Obama, GOP Look for Common Ground

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell wary of divisive 2016 fights

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Julian Hattem / The Hill:

Kerry sent ‘secret’ email to Clinton from personal account — As a senator, Secretary of State John Kerry sent at least one email to Hillary Clinton from his personal account that has now been classified as secret, the State Department confirmed on Tuesday.

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ABC News: Kerry Used Private Email to Send Clinton Now Classified Info

Tori Floyd / Yahoo! News:

Woman Who Gets Waferless KitKat Demands Lifetime Supply — A woman is demanding a lifetime supply of KitKats after she bought a packet of the chocolatey treats without any wafer. — Saima Ahmad, 20, a law student from Enfield, north London, purchased a multipack of eight KitKat bars from a supermarket for £2 last month.

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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:

Sarah Palin talks about Trump's Iowa loss and whether they've discussed running together — DES MOINES, Iowa — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin ® flew out of Iowa on Tuesday after traveling there to campaign with presidential hopeful Donald Trump. — Yahoo News spoke to Palin …

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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump breaks 15-hour Twitter silence

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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:

Study Finds Republican Voter Suppression Is Even More Effective Than You Think — For years, researchers warned that laws requiring voters to show certain forms of photo identification at the poll would discriminate against racial minorities and other groups.

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Alanna Autler / WSMV-TV:

Davidson Co. election commission chair resigns, audit launched following I-Team investigation — The top election official in Nashville resigned and Mayor Megan Barry ordered an audit of spending in the Davidson County Election Commission following findings of a Channel 4 I-Team investigation.

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