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Iowa caucuses: Ted Cruz wins — (CNN)Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has won the Iowa Republican caucuses, according to a CNN projection, a huge victory for him and a bitter defeat for Donald Trump in the country's first presidential contest. — The victory for Cruz is the first time that the conventional laws …
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Here's what to expect in the New Hampshire Republican primary — BOW, N.H. — The Republican presidential campaign's focus on Iowa is over, so the spotlight on ethanol and evangelicals is out. — Now begins an eight-day sprint in New Hampshire that in many ways will be entirely different …
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How pollsters got Iowa wrong — Donald Trump led almost all of the polls leading up to Monday night's Iowa caucuses - just ask him. — He was in first place in the nine most recently conducted live-interviewer surveys of Republicans, going back three weeks.
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Did Trump's debate snub hurt him? Fox News commentators say it did — When Donald Trump lost to Ted Cruz in the Iowa caucuses Monday night, Fox News commentators were quick to suggest that Trump's decision to skip Fox's debate had something to do with it. — Entrance poll surveys of Iowa voters supported the theory.
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BREAKING=> Carson Accuses Cruz Camp of Foul Play - Told Voters Carson Was Dropping Out — SCANDAL- — Dr. Ben Carson accused the Cruz camp of foul play in the Iowa Caucuses today. — Carson said the Cruz camp told voters Carson was dropping out and to support Ted Cruz. … Fortune reported:
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Iowa caucuses: Live updates — Welcome to the CNN live blog for the Iowa caucuses. — Throughout the day and evening, we're bringing you all the best moments, reporting and results as CNN Politics tracks the pulse of voters — and the fate of the candidates — in the first-in-the-nation voting state …
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Ted Cruz Credits Attack on Donald Trump's ‘New York Values’ in Iowa Win
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2nd-Place Finish Pierces Donald Trump's Mystique, but Another Chance Comes Quickly
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Iowa sends New Hampshire a three-man race
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Marco Rubio emerges as champion of battered Republican establishment
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Cruz Calls On Democrats To Support His Campaign In Iowa Victory Speech
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Ted Cruz Wins Republican Caucuses in Iowa
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Ben Carson's Campaign Announces He's Traveling ‘Home’ for ‘Fresh Clothes’ Amid Iowa Caucuses
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Ted Cruz Projected to Win Iowa GOP Caucuses, Trump Second
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Sometimes, Iowa Democrats award caucus delegates with a coin flip — In a couple Democratic caucus precincts Monday, a delegate was awarded with a coin toss. — It happened in precinct 2-4 in Ames, where supporters of candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton disputed the results …
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Iowa Caucus Results — Candidates Vote Pct. Delegates — Bernie Sanders Martin O'Malley — Other — Uncommitted — 34% reporting — Winners called by The Associated Press. — *The vote totals for the Iowa Democratic Party are State Delegate Equivalents …
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Why a ‘Virtual Tie’ in Iowa Is Better for Clinton Than Sanders — Bernie Sanders is right: The Iowa Democratic caucuses were a “virtual tie,” especially after you consider that the results aren't even actual vote tallies, but state delegate equivalents subject to all kinds of messy rounding rules and potential geographic biases.
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Little Separates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in Tight Race in Iowa — DES MOINES — Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont were locked in an intensely tight race in the Iowa caucuses on Monday as Mrs. Clinton's strong support among women and older voters was matched …
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Clinton ekes out win in Iowa against Sanders — Hillary Clinton narrowly defeated Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucuses, according to results announced by the state Democratic Party early Tuesday morning — a dramatic finish to a race so close that the Associated Press declined to call …

How badly is Bernie burned? — Going into tonight, I thought that Bernie Sanders needed to win the Iowa caucus to sustain his long shot campaign against Hillary Clinton (absent FBI/DOJ action against Hillary). After all, Iowa is tailor-made for a Sanders-style insurgent.

How Iowa went wrong for Hillary Clinton — DES MOINES - Monday night was Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign in miniature - it began with high hopes of a doubt-eradicating victory and ended with that same old anxiety, an inch beyond the jaws of an underdog.
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Fury Shakes the Iowa Caucuses, Boosting Ted Cruz While Slowing Hillary Clinton
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O'Malley suspends presidential bid after a dismal showing in Iowa
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Clinton, Sanders in Tight Battle for Iowa; O'Malley Out
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Martin O'Malley Suspends Presidential Campaign
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Jeb Spends $2,884 Per Iowa Vote — Florida governor Jeb Bush received 5,165 votes in Iowa. His vote total constitutes 2.8 percent of the Republican turnout, placing him in sixth place in the Iowa caucus. — Yet no candidate in either party spent more in the race than Bush.
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How long can Hillary Clinton hide in a parallel universe? — Hillary Clinton's defense of her seemingly criminal mishandling of the nation's secrets now looks to be pretty much, I live in a parallel universe. — The latest: She insists the e-mail story is still in the news only because some …
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BREAKING: Hillary Clinton Put Spies' Lives at Risk
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Mike Huckabee suspends his 2016 campaign — Mike Huckabee suspended his bid for the Republican nomination, ending a second run that overshadowed by other candidates in the former Arkansas governor's social-conservative lane. — Huckabee's announcement concludes a campaign that was not nearly …
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The Iowa Caucuses: Live Coverage — Leave a comment, and send us questions @FiveThirtyEight.
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Shocking footage claims to show a group of migrant men ‘attacking two pensioners who stood up for a woman they were harassing on the Munich subway’ — Shocking footage has surfaced online appearing to show a group of young migrants attacking two German pensioners after they stood …


Donald Trump accidentally put money in the Communion plate at a church in Iowa — Republican presidential contender Donald Trump has been looking for ways to reach out to evangelical voters before the GOP primaries. On Sunday, the businessman and his wife attended church services …
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Steve King: Trump wooed Palin with ‘assets and resources’
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