RACE -- PETE BUTTIGIEG KEEPS ASLIGHT LEAD IN THE IOWACAUCUSES --- THAT'S WITH 100-PERCENT OF PRECINCTSREPORTING...THE IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTYANNOUNCED THERESULTS THURSDAY NIGHT --- DAYSAFTER THE CHAOS OFMONDAY'S CAUCUSES.THE FORMER SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,MAYOR LEADS SENATORBERNIE SANDERS BY ONE-TENTH OFONE PERCENTAGE POINT.SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN, FORMERVICE PRESIDENTJOE BIDEN AND SENATOR AMYKLOBUCHAR TRAIL BEHIND BUTTIGIEGAND SANDERS.MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG HAD SAIDFROM THE NIGHT OF THECAUCUSES HIS CAMPAIGN WAS HEADEDTO NEW HAMPSHIREVICTORIOUS--BUT -- SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS ISALSO SAYING OUTRIGHT HEWON THE STATE-THANKING THEVOTERS THERE FOR A "VERYSTRONG VICTORY"...EVEN SO, BOTH CANDIDATESEXPRESSING FRUSTRATIONWITH THE DELAYED RESULTS..."IT HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARYWEEK.
AND, WE ARE ABSOLUTELYELECTRIFIED."DID WE GET THE MOST VOTES?
YES,FROMWHERE I COME FROM WHEN YOU GETTHE MOST VOTES, YOU WIN.WHAT HAPPENED IN IOWA WAS ADISASTER.IT WAS A DISASTER FOR THE IOWADEMOCRATIC PARTY.MEANWHILE -- THE DEMOCRATICNATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRHAS CALLED FOR A RECANVASS OFALL RESULTS IN IOWA, AS THESTATE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTYCONTINUED TO STRUGGLE TOVERIFY THE CAUCUS DATA.MORE THAN 500-THOUSAND 16 AND 17YEA