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OTTUMWA, IOWA -- Final results of the 2012 Iowa Caucus from the Iowa Republican Party.

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1,774 of 1,774 precincts - 100 percent

x-Mitt Romney 30,015 - 25 percent

Rick Santorum 30,007 - 25 percent

Ron Paul 26,219 - 21 percent

Newt Gingrich 16,251 - 13 percent

Rick Perry 12,604 - 10 percent

Michele Bachmann 6,073 - 5 percent

Jon Huntsman 745 - 1 percent

No Preference 135 - 0 percent

Other 117 - 0 percent

Herman Cain 58 - 0 percent

Buddy Roemer 31 - 0 percent

The Iowa Republican Party announced that Mitt Romney has won the Iowa Caucus 30,015 to 30,007 over Rick Santorum. That is a 8 vote margin. The unreported votes were apparently from a Romney stronghold in Clinton County.

Republican Party Chair Matt Strawn made the announcement at 1:30 a.m.

CNN is reporting that Romney officials say the State Republican Party has informed the campaign that Romney will be the winner of the Iowa Caucus by less than 20 votes.

This is speculative at 1:20 a.m. and the State Republican Party has made no official announcement.

With one precinct out, Rick Santorum has a four vote lead over Mitt Romney 29,968 - 29,916.

There is a great deal of confusion over why the results have not been completely reported.

With 99.5 percent of the precincts reporting, Rick Santorum is leading Mitt Romney  29,935 - 29,916.

Both men have given speeches claiming victory, it is unclear when the final precincts might report.

Final results will be posted at some point on the Iowa GOP website.

State wide results

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1,705 of 1,774 precincts - 96 percent

Rick Santorum 29,051 - 25 percent

Mitt Romney 28,938 - 25 percent

Ron Paul 25,121 - 21 percent

Newt Gingrich 15,639 - 13 percent

Rick Perry 12,127 - 10 percent

Michele Bachmann 5,926 - 5 percent

Jon Huntsman 702 - 1 percent

No Preference 130 - 0 percent

Other 115 - 0 percent

Herman Cain 57 - 0 percent

Buddy Roemer 47 - 0 percent

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Rick Perry says he will reassess his campaign.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - If the results of the Iowa caucuses are too close to call, they'll stay that way. Iowa state GOP official Doug Heye said Tuesday there will be no recount, even if Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are exceptionally close when the vote count is finished.

Heye said votes were counted under the supervision of campaign representatives, who certified the totals. He said the numbers were double-checked when they were reported to state officials, and there is no reason to check them again.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum are running neck and neck in the Iowa caucuses, and Texas congressman Ron Paul has fallen too far behind to catch either of them.

With all but about 10 percent of the votes counted, Romney and Santorum are separated from each other by less than 100 votes.

Local Results

Wapello County

100 percent reporting

Santorum 23.5

Paul 23.1

Gingrich 17.9

Perry 14

Romney 12

Bachmann 8.7

Jefferson County

100 percent reporting

Paul 48

Santorum 18.6

Romney 12

Gingrich 10.5

Perry 5.7

Bachmann 3.8

Van Buren County

100 percent reporting

Paul 31.1

Santorum 25.8

Romney 13.3

Gingrich 12.8

Bachmann 9.2

Perry 6.7

Davis County

100 percent reporting

Santorum 33.8

Paul 26.7

Perry 13.2

Gingrich 11.8

Bachmann 8.4

Romney 6.1

Appanoose County

100 percent reporting

Santorum 32.4

Perry 16.8

Romney 16.2

Paul 14.3

Gingrich 13.2

Bachmann 4.7

Roemer 2.2

Henry County

100 percent reporting

Santorum 30.6

Romney 22.9

Paul 19.8

Gingrich 13.1

Perry 7.4

Mahaska County

100 percent reporting

Santorum 34.9

Paul 17

Perry 14.8

Gingrich 12

Romney 11.2

Bachmann 9.8

Politico.com seems to be getting the results the quickest, plus they have a county-by-county breakdown.

The Iowa Republican Caucus has just started. We will post results as they become available.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa caucuses are beginning, the first nominating contest launching the presidential election cycle. Caucuses opened at 1,774 precincts in Iowa at 7 p.m. CST Tuesday.

Candidates have competed fiercely for votes. Iowa Republicans will technically select their delegates to the

GOP convention later. But victory in the caucuses - or at least exceeding expectations - will help define the path to the nomination for the Republican field.

Republican voters will have the opportunity to speak in support of candidates before ballots are passed out. Participants mark their choices privately.