Obama and Huckabee win Iowa caucuses

Friday, January 4, 2008

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Sen. Barack Obama, bidding to become the nation's first black president, captured the Iowa caucuses Thursday night, the opening test in the race for the 2008 Democratic nomination. Mike Huckabee rode a wave of support from evangelical Christians to victory in the Republican caucuses.

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