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Trump Quickly Declared 2020 Iowa GOP Caucus Winner

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President Donald Trump (AP)

By    |   Monday, 03 February 2020 08:32 PM EST

President Donald Trump was swiftly and decisively declared the winner of the 2020 Iowa Republican caucuses, a largely symbolic vote as he was facing no significant opposition.

Trump's support was believed to be record turnout for an incumbent president. He received more than 28,600 votes.

Trump received around 97% of the vote with 99% reporting, according to Fox News' tracker.

Both former Newsmax TV host Joe Walsh (1.33%) and former Gov. Bill Weld, R-Mass., (1.32%) received less than 2%. "Other" received less than 1%, according to Fox News.

Trump's campaign was using Monday's contest to test its organizational strength, deploying Cabinet secretaries, top Republican officials and Trump family members to the state.

It is unusual for Iowa to even be holding a GOP contest with an incumbent in the White House. The Iowa Republican caucuses were canceled in 1992 and 2004. But GOP Chairman Jeff Kaufmann said state officials were determined to keep the caucuses in place this year to maintain the state's status as the first in the nation to cast its ballots.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.

Eric Mack

Eric Mack has been a writer and editor at Newsmax since 2016. He is a 1998 Syracuse University journalism graduate and a New York Press Association award-winning writer.

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President Donald Trump is the winner of the 2020 Iowa Republican caucuses, a largely symbolic vote as he was facing no significant opposition.
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