Oct 14, 2020 3:11 PM

Buttigieg Wins Des Moines County; State Caucus Winner Yet To Be Determined

Posted Oct 14, 2020 3:11 PM

After a 48-hour wait, the official Democratic caucus results for Des Moines County have been announced.

Former Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg took the top spot with 27 out of 75 county delegates for Des Moines County, followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders at 18 delegates.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren came in third with 10 delegates, followed by Sen. Amy Klobuchar with three. Andrew Yang managed to wrangle two delegates.

The rest of the Democratic field was unable to gain any delegates.

Though the winner of Des Moines County is clear, the state results remain murky with a clear winner yet to be determined.

After a fresh round of results came in before 8 p.m. Wednesday, former mayor Pete Buttigieg held on to a narrow lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in state delegate equivalents.

The partial results show Buttigieg with 26.5 percent of state delegate equivalents. Sanders had 25.6 percent followed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren with 18.3 percent, former Vice President Joe Biden with 15.9 percent, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar with 12.1 percent.

But the updated results also showed Sanders holding on to a lead in the popular vote for the second alignment, a lead he has held since Tuesday evening.

The Associated Press reported that results had been published from 92 percent of all precincts, but the number of state delegate equivalents still available to be won means they will not yet call a winner in the race.

The partial update late Wednesday was the latest round of results since the Iowa Democratic Party on Tuesday announced only some results would be announced that day.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.