Politics & Government

After Iowa: Which GOP Hopeful Do You Like?

Republican presidential candidates battled it out. Iowans spoke. But what do you say?

While the contest was still too close to call early Wednesday, upstart presidental candidate Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney were heading toward a photo finish in Tuesday night's Republican Iowa caucuses.

Ron Paul was projected for a third-place finish in the contest—the first of the 2012 caucus and primary season—while Newt Gringrich would probably grab fourth. Texas Gov. Rick Perry seemed headed for a fifth-place ending while Rep. Michele Bachmann would probaly land sixth and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman would most likely finish last.

Santorum, a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, and Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, each had about 25 percent of the vote.

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