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January 21, 2012
Rick Santorum is officially the winner of the Jan. 3 Iowa Republican presidential caucus. The state Republican party reversed itself from a previous assertion that they would not declare one, given problems at eight precincts, as The Des Moines Register reported.
In a news release late Friday, the party said it called the race "in order to clarify conflicting reports and to affirm the results released Jan. 18 by the Republican Party of Iowa."
The preliminary count on the Jan. 3 primary put former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney ahead by eight votes. Later, the party said there was no official winner, though a recanvassing of the votes showed Santorum won by 34 votes.