Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire After Iowa Caucus

In a statement, Iowa Democratic Party Chairwoman Andy McGuire called the race a “historically close Iowa Democratic Caucus that featured one of our strongest turnouts ever”.

Mr Sanders still faces an uphill battle against Mrs Clinton, who has deep ties throughout the party’s establishment and a strong following among a more diverse electorate that plays a larger role in primary contests in February and March. Clinton, the national front-runner, admitted breathing a “big sigh of relief” after escaping Iowa – the state she handily lost to Obama in 2008 – but promised a vigorous campaign with Sanders.

The Iowa Democratic Party just released its final Iowa Caucuses totals Tuesday in the very tight race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. There is a reason that 39 Democratic Senators and 155 Democratic House members have endorsed Hillary Clinton and not a single sitting Senator has endorsed Bernie Sanders.

Although Clinton is popular with women, self-declared socialist Sanders has been picking up votes from idealistic younger voters. It is no exaggeration to say that Clinton may have won the Iowa caucus on pure luck alone – that is, if she ends up winning.

Like it or not, if Republican powers that be are suitably terrified of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, they have to unite behind a single candidate and fast. Iowa Democrats usually do not release raw vote counts from each of the state’s 1,681 caucus precincts.

The Des Moines Register reported that Clinton won coin tosses at precincts in Davenport and Des Moines.

Party rules call for a coin flip when support for candidates is even but a precinct has an odd number of delegates to award.

Polling data had Trump pegged as the victor, so a Cruz victory was an upset for many predictions.

Cruz’s victory sets him up as a formidable force in delegate-rich, Southern states to come and offers movement conservatives hope that one of their own can become the Republican nominee for the first time since Ronald Reagan. “Sanders’ backyard, as you know, as a political expert of your many years, that New Hampshire votes for neighbors”, she added.

Martin O’Malley dropped out of the Democratic race Monday night while Mike Huckabee left the Republican race.