Politics & Government
Rick Santorum Declared Winner in Iowa
Official count out on Thursday morning says that Romney really lost by 34 votes.
It's not looking like a good day for Mitt Romney.
The Des Moines (IA) Register and other news outlets are reporting on Thursday morning that the official count from the Jan. 3 Iowa Caucus shows that former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum—not Romney—actually won in Iowa.
Santorum ended up with a 34-vote advantage.
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Results from eight precincts are still missing, the Register reported, but they will never be recovered and certified.
That means that, according to the certified numbers, Santorum comes out on top, with 29,839 votes to Romney's 29,805. Romney had been declared the winner on caucus night , which helped to propel him to a big win in the New Hampshire Primary.
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Also on Thursday, a new poll has Newt Gingrich closing on Romney in South Carolina, whose residents go to the polls on Saturday.
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