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(Reuters Photo, left; Globe Staff Photo, right)Obama, Huckabee take Iowa
Senator Barack Obama of Illinois and former governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas captured the first victories of the 2008 presidential campaign yesterday, winning their parties' Iowa caucuses decisively after hard-fought, wide-open contests. (Boston Globe)
- Analysis History isn't on side of early primary winners
- globe graphic Just because you win Iowa...
- related Candidates speak out
- INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC What the entrance polls said
- INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC How the Democratic caucuses work
Republicans
Upheavals leave Huckabee
exultant, rivals scrambling
The twists of the Iowa caucuses left GOP candidates across the board, especially Mitt Romney, scrambling to figure out their next move. (Globe)
- Romney returns, shifts focus to N.H.
- Edged aside, Romney points to road forward
- Race moves east In N.H., campaign shifts to overdrive
Democrats
Win may give Obama
burst of momentum
Obama's Iowa win may mean a boost in the N.H. primary, while Hillary Clinton, left, and John Edwards have little time to recover. (Globe)
IOWA CAUCUS ANALYSIS
A precinct meets
Fran Millard, left, checked in Iowans at a voter's table yesterday in Waukee, Iowa. The dynamics of the Democratic caucus unfold in this burgeoning Des Moines suburb. (Globe)
- Derrick Z. Jackson Huckabee, Obama win on strength of human touch
- Iowa voters' interest helps set record
- Winners triumphed by attracting new voters
PHOTO GALLERIES
Newspaper front pages
Check out the front pages from newspapers around the country the day after the Iowa vote.
Democrats
| 1,781 of 1,781 Precincts Reporting - 100% |
| Name | Party | Votes | Vote % |
 Obama, Barack |
Dem | 940 | 38% |
| Edwards, John | Dem | 744 | 30% |
| Clinton, Hillary | Dem | 737 | 29% |
| Richardson, Bill | Dem | 53 | 2% |
| Biden, Joe | Dem | 23 | 1% |
| Uncommitted | Dem | 3 | 0% |
| Dodd, Chris | Dem | 1 | 0% |
| Gravel, Mike | Dem | 0 | 0% |
| Kucinich, Dennis | Dem | 0 | 0% |
| Other | Dem | 0 | 0% |
Republicans
| 1,754 of 1,781 Precincts Reporting - 99% |
| Name | Party | Votes | Vote % |
| Huckabee, Mike |
GOP | 40,841 | 34% |
| Romney, Mitt | GOP | 29,949 | 25% |
| Thompson, Fred | GOP | 15,904 | 13% |
| McCain, John | GOP | 15,559 | 13% |
| Paul, Ron | GOP | 11,817 | 10% |
| Giuliani, Rudy | GOP | 4,097 | 3% |
| Hunter, Duncan | GOP | 524 | 0% |
| Tancredo, Tom | GOP | 5 | 0% |
indicates winner declared by Associated Press.Source: Associated Press