PRECINCT CAUCUSES
Turnout was heavy in Le Mars for the Republican Precinct Caucuses Monday. Four precincts caucused at the Le Mars Convention Center.
Mike Van Otterloo chaired the caucuses in Le Mars.
Van Otterloo said voters are excited about this election cycle.
The Le Mars tally went as follows:
Donald Trump 297
Ron De Santis 93
Nikki Haley 66
Vivek Ramaswamy 42
Ryan Binkley 3
The meeting took a little over an hour.
Across Plymouth County:
Donald Trump 712
Ron De Santis 196
Nikki Haley 127
Vivek Ramaswamy 70
Among northwest Iowa’s 12 counties, the order was Trump, De Santis, Haley in 9 counties, Trump, Haley, De Santis in 3 counties. Vivek Ramaswamy was a distant fourth in all 12 counties. After the caucus results were made known, Ramaswamy suspended his campaign.
As expected, former President Donald Trump dominated the Republican precinct caucuses last (Monday) night, winning all but one of Iowa’s 99 counties. That county, Johnson County, went to former UN ambassador Nikki Haley.
