 Donald Trump has won Iowa's leadoff presidential caucuses, the former president's victory on Monday night gives him a strong start in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination as the contest moves to New Hampshire, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley in Florida Governor Ron DeSantis are Trump's most prominent primary rivals. They are aiming for a second-place finish in Iowa that would give them at least some momentum heading into future races, initial results from eight Iowa counties. Showed Trump with far more than half of the total votes counted as of 8.31 p.m. Eastern time with the rest of the field trailing far behind. Tonight we have called the winner in the Republican Iowa caucuses for former president Donald Trump. That call was based on early returns that showed him with a commanding lead across all regions of the state. That also was confirmed by our AP vote cast survey which showed him in a commanding position going into the caucus. Now our attention will turn to second place for the candidates who are vying for that position being the former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.