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Presidential Candidates

January 4, 2012 by · Comments Off on Presidential Candidates 

Presidential Candidates, Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has narrowly won the first vote by US Republican party supporters in the process to choose a presidential candidate for this year’s election.

He finished just eight votes ahead of former senator Rick Santorum in the rural Midwest state of Iowa.

Ron Paul was third and Newt Gingrich fourth. Rick Perry came fifth and is considering the future of his campaign.

Michele Bachmann, who came sixth, is to hold a news conference later.

The Minnesota congresswoman is cancelling her campaign trip to South Carolina, her campaign manager said.

‘Game on!’
The Hawkeye state’s caucuses were the first official contest to pick a contender to face Democratic President Barack Obama in the 6 November presidential election.

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