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Robert Leonard

Robert Leonard covered the 2008 and 2012 Iowa caucuses for KNIA/KRLS Radio in Knoxville and Pella, Iowa. He is an anthropologist, and author of “Yellow Cab.”

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, greets Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on stage during a campaign event (AP)

I just watched Donald Trump win the Iowa caucus: Inside the one rally that sealed the deal

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(Reuters/Brian Snyder/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-138841p1.html'>WDG Photo</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Photo montage by Salon)

I went to church with Ted Cruz. He is building an army of young Christian voters in Iowa

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(AP)

Ted Cruz’s dad is even more frightening than Ted Cruz

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Donald Trump (Jeff Malet, maletphoto.com)

Donald Trump on a jet plane: A luxury look at a (probably fake) presidential campaign

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Liz Mair (MSNBC)

“The Internet is a dark place”: Former Scott Walker aide Liz Mair opens up to Salon

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Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/Rebecca Cook/Sara Stathas)

“Only lost cause is Cruz”: Which GOP candidates shined (or flopped) in Iowa this weekend

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Bernie Sanders (AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

“People are really getting angry”: How Bernie Sanders just electrified Iowa — and what it means for ’16

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(AP/Charlie Neibergall)

“The world has gone to hell”: A weekend at the Iowa Freedom Summit

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