Stories: Race for Iowa

Iowa voters wait to hear Presidential candidate John Edwards in Indianola, Iowa. With the Iowa Caucus playing a pivotal role in choosing the next President, the Democratic candidates courted Iowa voters in the longest Presidential race in U.S. history.
  
Barack Obama shakes hands with the crowd as he campaigns for the Iowa caucus in Fairfield, Iowa, on Tuesday, July 3, 2007.
   
Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama speaks to a crowd of largely white voters in Cedar Rapids. Pundits questioned whether Obama would be able to connect with white voters in Iowa.
     
  
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton campaigns in front of rural voters in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
  
Leroy Croghan wears a Hillary Clinton sticker at an appearance by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
  
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards campaigns in Des Moines, Iowa. Edwards tried to maintain his standing as a contender in Iowa as news coverage centered on the battle between Clinton and Obama.
     
  
Sandee Tuman holds a cut-out of Barack Obama as she sells buttons at a campaign event with Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey in Des Moines, Iowa.
  
Iowa voters wait as Oprah Winfrey campaigns with Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama in Des Moines, Iowa. Obama drew huge crowds throughout his campaign in Iowa.
  
Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to voters at the First United methodist Church in Indianola., Iowa.
     
  
Carla Johnson, a Bill Richardson supporter, listens to Obama supporters as they try to convince Richardson supporters to join their camp during the Iowa Caucus.
  
Barack Obama waves to his supporters with his daughter Malia, 9, wife Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha, 6, after winning the Iowa caucus at the Hy-Vee Convention Center in Des Moines, Iowa.