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IOWA CAUCUSES; Huckabee, Obama take Iowa; REPUBLICAN PARTY; Mike Huckabee, a genial preacher and former governor, used earnestness and wit to charm Iowans for a win.(NEWS)
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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January 4, 2008
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Byline: Patricia Lopez; Staff Writer
Des Moines, Iowa -- Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee roared to a resounding first-place finish in Iowa's Republican caucuses Thursday, upending the political order by trouncing one-time front runner Mitt Romney. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor who had poured more than $7 million into the Iowa contest, wound up with about one quarter of the caucus vote com-pared with Huckabee, who spent about $300,000 and got about 34 percent. "I love Iowa," a joyous Huckabee said as he greeted hundreds of supporters jammed into a small hotel ballroom chanting "We like Mike."
"Tonight we have seen a new day in American politics," Huckabee ...
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