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Friday, 04 January 2008 |
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Huckabee and Obama take Iowa wins Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama have won the Iowa caucuses - the first nominating contest of the 2008 US presidential election. Mr Huckabee won for the Republicans, defeating Mitt Romney. At the Democratic caucuses, Mr Obama won a close race to defeat Hillary Clinton and John Edwards - but it is still unclear who was second. Past Iowa caucuses can give big boosts to candidates. The next contest is on Tuesday in New Hampshire. With nearly 80% of the results from more than 1,780 caucuses (or public meetings) counted, Mr Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor and ...
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