Article: 5th LD Writethru: Obama, Huckabee emerge as winners of Iowa caucuses

5th LD Writethru: Obama, Huckabee emerge as winners of Iowa caucuses

DES MOINES, the United States, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Two leading candidates posing as "Washington outsiders" are declared winners of the Iowa caucuses for both major political parties, according to preliminary results of the first battle of the 2008 presidential race held here Thursday night.

Senator Barack Obama and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabeehave emerged the victors in Iowa Thursday, winning the presidential caucuses.

Obama, a first-term senator, won the backing of 38 percent of the Iowa delegations, a significant lead over his main rival and Democratic front-runner, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Obama told a ...

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