Politics & Government

Iowans Choose Romney by 8 Votes; Here's How You Voted, Waukee

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pulled out a big eight-vote win over Rick Santorum in the Iowa Caucus Tuesday night. Here's how you voted, Waukee.

The people of Waukee spoke loud and clear in Tuesday night's Iowa Caucus: Mitt Romney was their man.

The sentiment was the same in Dallas County, overall, which also went for Romney by a nearly 2-1 margin over runnerup Rick Santorum.

According to the final numbers, 859 voters turned out in four Waukee precincts last night. The number of votes for each candidate is as follows:

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Mitt Romney - 309

Rick Santorum - 182

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Ron Paul - 136

Newt Gingrich - 109

Rick Perry - 96

Michele Bachmann - 22

Jon Hunstman - 5

In Dallas County, there were 4,257 votes cast.

Those results are as follows:

Mitt Romney - 1,417

Rick Santorum - 840

Ron Paul - 688

Newt Gingrich - 591

Rick Perry - 504

Michele Bachmann - 192

Jon Hunstman - 15

* Other - 6

* No Preference - 4

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