CNN BREAKING NEWS REPORTS:
Certified vote totals show former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania is the winner of the January 3 Iowa caucuses, barely beating ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by a 34-vote margin.
Iowa Republican Party Chairman Matt Strawn released the certified the results Thursday, two weeks after the closest presidential caucuses in Iowa history.
In the initial returns, Romney had claimed victory with an eight-vote margin over Santorum.
Iowa party rules stipulate a two-week certification process for each of the 1,774 precincts to submit final results. They had a deadline of 5 p.m. Wednesday to turn in their documents.
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