Three-Way Tie in Iowa

HAPPENING NOW

Updated Apr. 21, 2017 5:45PM ET / Published Jan. 03, 2012 9:45PM ET

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With nearly 50 percent of the votes in, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Rick Santorum are in a virtual three-way tie for first place. Santorum, surprisingly, may have inched to the front by about 0.5 percent.

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