Trump gains 70 percent of vote at County Caucus
A crowd of close to 500 people packed into the Humboldt County Events Center on Monday to state their preference in the quadrennial presidential caucus. Attendees were divided by their voting precinct. See this and other photos at www.humboldtnews.com. Humboldt Independent photo by Kent Thompson.
By KENT THOMPSON
If there was any doubt that rural Iowa and Humboldt County is Donald Trump country, it was quickly vanquished Monday night.
Nearly 500 people packed the Humboldt County Events Center, despite temperatures below zero and wind chills in the double digits to cast their preference for president in 2024.
Of those in attendance, 443 voted by secret ballot for their choice for the Republican standard bearer.
Trump, the 45th president who was elected in 2016, was the overwhelming winner, with 313 votes, 70.6 percent.
In Humboldt County, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis finished second with 49 votes or 11 percent, Vivek Ramaswamy, who campaigned hard in Iowa in the closing weeks, including two stops in late December at Pasquale’s Pizza in Humboldt, collected 40 votes (9 percent) with former South Carolina Gov. and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley garnering 39 votes (8.8 percent). Texas businessman and pastor Ryan Binkley collected two votes. Read more about the caucus and see more photos in this week's Humboldt Independent.
