Decisive Iowa votes arrive after midnight scramble

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Story Created: Wed Jan 4, 2012 5:17 AM

Story Updated: Wed Jan 4, 2012 5:17 AM

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The final votes that helped Mitt Romney win the Iowa caucuses arrived only after a county chairwoman was woken in a panic after midnight.
     
Votes in the final precinct were added to the total early Wednesday morning, giving Romney a victory over Rick Santorum of just eight votes. It also made for a memorable night for Edith Pfeffer, the Clinton County Republican Party chairwoman.
     
Pfeffer got a call from the Romney campaign asking what the figures were for the missing precinct because they hadn't been recorded. Pfeffer said she gave the figures - 51 for Romney, 33 for Santorum - and went to bed.
     
But she was soon awoken by a friend banging on her windows and was told she needed to report the figures to the state party.

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