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1. Mike Huckabee bested five other candidates to win the Iowa Caucus by a wide margin in 2008. Which political party was he a member of?
2. The year was 1992, Tom Harkin won his home state of Iowa with more than 76 percent of the vote. Who ended up winning the Democratic nomination later that year?
3. In the race to succeed Ronald Reagan, Iowa ended up not being all that vital to the Republicans. Which Senator, who shared a name with a banana (but likely couldn't spell it), won the Caucus?
4. Michael Dukakis ended up winning the 1988 Democratic nomination, though only after finishing in the middle of the crowded pack in Iowa that year. Which candidate won the state?
5. Which Republican candidate won the Iowa Caucus in 1980, only to drop out of the race and be picked as the potential vice-president on the GOP ticket?
6. The same "candidate" won both the 1972 and 1976 Democratic Caucus in Iowa. The winner had no legal standing to compete for president though. Why?
7. Ron Paul and his son Rand Paul ran for president in consecutive elections. Did they both run from the same political party?
8. How many times has a candidate (not the same person) named "George Bush" won the Iowa Caucus for the Democratic Party?
9. In 2008 he lost the Presidential nomination, in 2012 he earned it. Which Republican candidate but he failed to win the Iowa Caucus both years?
10. Dick Gephardt won the Iowa Caucus in 1988, and also competed but didn't win in 2004. Did he earn the Democratic nomination in either year?
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