Florida Governor Ron DeSantis came in second place in Iowa’s caucuses, beating former UN ambassador Nikki Haley who came in third. The contest was mostly focused on Donald Trump.
Mr DeSantis worked very hard to win in the state, but he ended up far behind the former president.
With almost all the votes counted, Mr. Trump has 51% of the votes, Mr. DeSantis has 21%, and Ms. Haley has 19%.
Iowa was the first state where Republican voters chose who they want to be president.
The reason their election is called a caucus is because people have to go in person to a specific place at a certain time to vote.
The person chosen by the party will compete against President Joe Biden in the November election.
At a party in Des Moines, Mr. Trump said it was a great night and encouraged Americans to work together to solve the world’s problems.
He said he will close the border to stop people coming in and called Joe Biden the worst president.
Registered Republicans in Iowa went out in very cold weather to vote at various locations like churches, schools, gyjsonyms, and community centers on Monday evening.
Donald Trump was expected to win in Iowa, and Glenn Jacobs, a former WWE wrestler who supports Trump, had also predicted that Trump would win.
He talked to the BBC before people started voting in Des Moines. He said that the country was going in the wrong direction because of the border crisis and US involvement in the Middle East.
At a high school in Davenport, in the eastern part of the state, a Trump supporter named Brian Romer gave a passionate speech to his fellow Republicans in support of the former president.
“He said that what is happening in this country is similar to what happens in communist countries,” when talking about Mr. Trump’s criminal accusations. “We no longer live in a country where we have freedom. ”
Both DeSantis and Ms. Haley, who used to be governor of South Carolina and US ambassador to the UN under President Trump, said on Monday night that they have a lot of political support.
“They threw a lot of things at us,” Mr. The media didn’t support us. They wrote about our death several months ago.
“Even though there were challenges, we managed to secure our ticket out of Iowa. ”
Kyle Brock gathered people to support Mr. DeSantis at Grant Ragan Elementary School in Waukee, which is a town near Des Moines. He said it was time for Republicans to stop supporting Mr.
“I admire the Florida governor’s honesty, how he presents himself, and what he has accomplished in Florida,” he said.
Mr DeSantis spent a lot of time and money in Iowa, visiting all 99 counties and trying to get support from the state’s important group of evangelical voters. The Florida governor might have a harder time in New Hampshire, which is a more moderate state, when they have their primary next week.
Ms Haley has a small chance of beating Mr Trump in the state, and she says she is gaining momentum.
However, her third-place result was seen as a letdown for a candidate who was expected to do much better in the caucuses.
Hallie Still-Caris went to a meeting at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines and said that Ms. Haley has the best chance of winning in November.
“I see the other people running for President in the Republican party and President Biden,” she said, “and I think she can win the election. ” We need less fighting and less confusion.
Biotech businessman Vivek Ramaswamy said he was stopping his run for president because he was not doing well in the race. He supported Mr.
Mr Biden said on X that it looks like he will be running against Mr. Trump again
“But let me tell you, this election was always going to be us against the extreme Maga Republicans,” the president from the Democratic party said. “It was true yesterday and it will still be true tomorrow. “
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DeSantis surpasses Haley as both fall short of Trump in Iowa
