Clinton declared the winner in Iowa

The Iowa Democratic Party has declared Hillary Clinton the winner of last night’s Iowa caucuses. The former secretary of state edged self-proclaimed socialist Sen. Bernie Saunders, I-Vt., in what state party officials are calling the closest race in caucus history.

With all of the votes counted, Clinton finished at 49.9 percent (701 state delegate equivalents), just three-tenths of a percent ahead of Sanders at 49.6 percent (697). Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who pulled out of the race last night, finished with less than 1 percent and eight delegate equivalents.

According to state party officials, there will not be a recount, and a spokesman for the Sanders campaign said it does not intend to challenge the results.

Iowa Democratic Party chairman Andy McGuire said that 171,109 Iowa Democrats turned out at caucus sites last night, which was larger than expected but it fell short of the 240,000 who participated in 2008, when Clinton battled Barack Obama and John Edwards.

On the Republican side, more than 180,000 Iowans voted at caucus sites across the state, which was more than the previous record of 121,500 in 2012. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas finished with 27.7 percent (51,666 votes) of the vote, followed by Donald Trump at 24.3 percent (45,427), Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida at 23.1 percent (43,165), and Ben Carson at 9.3 percent (17,395).

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.