2024 Iowa Caucus Recap: Everything to know about how Trump won and how the day unfolded

Donald Trump won the Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa on Monday night.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' campaign cried foul after national media declared victory for Trump before the Iowa Caucuses were even over. But DeSantis narrowly defeated former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Nikki Haley for second place.

Vivek Ramaswamy dropped out of the presidential race to endorse Trump.

How Trump won in Iowa

Donald Trump won the 2024 Iowa Caucuses in a landslide, securing an unprecedented victory over rivals who spent the better part of a year unsuccessfully urging Iowans to move on from a former president beset by legal challenges and the baggage of a failed 2020 run. Here's how he did it:

• How the suburbs, evangelicals and ground game helped Trump and DeSantis beat Iowa expectations

• Six precincts that help explain Trump and DeSantis' success in Iowa

• How Donald Trump built a base that catapulted him to a historic Iowa Caucuses victory

• 5 things we learned from Donald Trump's landslide victory in the 2024 Iowa Caucuses

• Despite spurning Iowa leaders, Trump cruised to a swift victory

• Victory Speech: Trump calls for unity, then calls Joe Biden the 'worst president ever'

• Susan Page: Goodbye Iowa. Hello New Hampshire. Trump scores huge comeback but it's not over yet.

What happened with the early race call?

The Associated Press and other major news outlets such as CNN, Fox News and MSNBC called the race for Trump about 30 minutes after the caucuses began at 7 p.m. Only a handful of precincts had race results reported by that point.

More: Early call of Trump as winner of Iowa Caucuses stirs anger. Here's why it happened

DeSantis overcomes Haley in battle for 2nd place

More: Ron DeSantis takes distant second place in Iowa Caucuses behind winner Donald Trump

Haley in race for 2nd: 'I trust all of you' Nikki Haley tells Iowa caucusgoers as she aims to take on Donald Trump

In Iowa: Nikki Haley and Donald Trump Jr. give dueling speeches at Des Moines caucus site

Scenes from the Iowa Caucuses

More: A music shop, a bar, a grain elevator: Inside some of Iowa's most unique caucus sites

Thoma Dairy Bar: Do the caucuses matter? In the back room of a rural diner, these Iowans show how they do.

Other candidates in Iowa Monday

Vivek Ramaswamy suspends presidential campaign, endorses Donald Trump

Binkley: Republican candidate Ryan Binkley spent lots of time in Iowa but didn't garner support in polls

Hutchinson: Asa Hutchinson's steady Iowa presence wasn't enough to compete with front-runners

Dig into the Iowa Caucus results

Here's where you'll find results, as well as a county-by-county breakdown of the tally.

See results by precinct: Republican totals for each Iowa precinct

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