NEW: DNC Chair Tom Perez on delayed Iowa caucus results: 'It is clear that the app in question did not function adequately. It will not be used in Nevada or anywhere else during the primary election process.'
late Monday night and much of Tuesday after technical issues and confusion on the ground upended the vaunted caucuses. The ensuing chaos cast a pall over what has traditionally been a high spirited start to the Democratic primary season and raised questions about the impact of the Hawkeye State's first-in-the-nation status going forward.
"We want to thank the people of Iowa," Sanders senior adviser Jeff Weaver said in a statement."We are gratified that in the partial data released so far it's clear that in the first and second round more people voted for Bernie than any other candidate in the field." Ahead of the release, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Tony Price sought to offer accountability on the technical issues that led to a protracted delay in caucus results while stressing that backup systems were successful.
And one Democratic official is being told that the DNC is"taking over" the accounting. The official said that to their knowledge, this has never happened before. Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during a campaign stop in Portsmouth, N.H., Feb. 4, 2020.
“We have the results from our organization, and if you look at what we were able to do, what happened last night, the fact that this campaign was able to gather support in urban, suburban, and rural areas alike, in counties that Hillary Clinton won, counties that Donald Trump won, we are thrilled and absolutely consider that a victory," he said.Other campaigns expressed frustration with the chaos and delay as well as concern over how the count will now be tabulated fairly.
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