With 50% of precincts now reporting, Fox News is projecting that Newt Gingrich will finish in 4th place. That puts Rick Perry in 5th place and Bachmann in 6th. Contributor David Yepsen notes that only one person who didn’t finish in the top three in Iowa went on to win the nomination: John McCain.
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