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Sunday, March 18, 2012  Some attendees say the event was poorly run.

Saturday, March 17, 2012  Contention and confusion are marring various Republican caucuses in Missouri as supporters of Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul battle for an edge in the state's complicated delegate selection process.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012  Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum won Missouri's nonbinding Republican presidential primary Tuesday.

Saturday, February 04, 2012  Preliminary results of a poll of voters in Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses show Mitt Romney's victory flowing from his best performance yet among conservatives plus overwhelming backing from the state's Mormons.

Monday, January 30, 2012 

Friday, January 06, 2012  Santorum shrugs off report of errors in Iowa caucus tally, says race was essentially a tie

Wednesday, January 04, 2012  Rep. Paul says third-place showing in Iowa strong enough to keep him in play for GOP nod

Wednesday, January 04, 2012  Former Gov. Romney pleased with Iowa results, acknowledges he faces long road to nomination

Wednesday, January 04, 2012  Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum declared that his strong Iowa showing means it's "game on" for the party's presidential nomination, and he's heading to New Hampshire for round two.

Tuesday, January 03, 2012  For 40 years, Iowa's precinct caucuses have begun the presidential nomination process

Tuesday, January 03, 2012  Hours from voting, many Iowa GOP voters still undecided, with Romney predicting caucus win

Thursday, December 29, 2011  Fearing divided evangelical bloc, at least 2 Iowa pastors ask Santorum, Bachmann to quit race

Thursday, December 29, 2011  Says Huntsman: "They pick corn in Iowa. They pick presidents in New Hampshire."

Wednesday, December 21, 2011  Independent PAC continues hard-hitting attack ads against Gingrich leading into primaries

Monday, December 19, 2011  Concerned about computer hackers, Iowa GOP take steps to protect caucus results