Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is joined by his wife Karen as he waves to supporters at his Iowa caucus party.Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s razor-thin victory in the Iowa caucuses Jan. 3 appears not to have been a victory after all, though it’s uncertain how that will affect his success in upcoming primaries.
Initial counts put Romney eight votes ahead of former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in the Iowa leg of their quest for the GOP presidential nomination.
But the votes have now been certified, and that process gave Santorum a 34-vote edge.
Because results from eight of Iowa’s 1,774 precincts are missing, no official winner is going to be declared.
But could news of the revised totals affect tomorrow’s voting in the South Carolina primary — and ultimately affect who gets the nomination? That’s hard to say.