2012 United States presidential election in Iowa
Results
There are 614,913 registered Republicans as of January 3, 2012. Turnout was 19.9% of the voting-eligible population (registered Iowa Republicans).

2012 United States presidential election in Iowa

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: There are 614,913 registered Republicans as of January 3, 2012. Turnout was 19.9% of the voting-eligible population (registered Iowa Republicans).

Iowa Republican caucuses, January 3, 2012

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Projected delegate count	Actual delegates

CNN	FOX

Rick Santorum	29,839	24.56%	7	12	0

Mitt Romney	29,805	24.53%	7	12	6

Ron Paul	26,036	21.43%	7	0	22

Newt Gingrich	16,163	13.30%	2	0	0

Rick Perry	12,557	10.33%	0	0	0

Michele Bachmann	6,046	4.98%	0	0	0

Jon Huntsman	739	0.61%	0	0	0

Herman Cain (write-in)	45	0.04%	0	0	0

Sarah Palin (write-in)	23	0.02%	0	0	0

Buddy Roemer (write-in)	17	0.01%	0	0	0

Fred Karger (write-in)	10	0.01%	0	0	0

Gary Johnson (write-in)	8	0.01%	0	0	0

Donald Trump (write-in)	5	0.00%	0	0	0

Paul Ryan (write-in)	3	0.00%	0	0	0

Rudy Giuliani (write-in)	2	0.00%	0	0	0

Mike Huckabee (write-in)	2	0.00%	0	0	0

Ben Lange (write-in)	2	0.00%	0	0	0

Roy Moore (write-in)	2	0.00%	0	0	0

Tim Pawlenty (write-in)	2	0.00%	0	0	0

Condoleezza Rice (write-in)	2	0.00%	0	0	0

Jared Blankenship (write-in)	1	0.00%	0	0	0

Pat Buchanan (write-in)	1	0.00%	0	0	0

John McCain (write-in)	1	0.00%	0	0	0

Ralph Nader (write-in)	1	0.00%	0	0	0

Robert Ray (write-in)	1	0.00%	0	0	0

Scott Walker (write-in)	1	0.00%	0	0	0

No Preference	147	0.12%	0	0	0

Other	40	0.03%	0	0	0

Unprojected delegates:	5	4	—

Total:	121,501	100.00%	28	28	28

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Santorum edged out Romney with 29,839 votes to Romney's 29,805, a margin of 34 votes.

final_sentence: Santorum edged out Romney with 29,839 votes to Romney's 29,805, a margin of 34 votes.