Cruz, Rubio rise to top of GOP field locally; Sanders, Clinton almost evenly split

GRUNDY COUNTY- Iowa’s first in the nation caucuses were in the spotlight across the U.S. on Monday evening as voters in the Hawkeye state stumped for their presidential candidates, cast their votes and appointed delegates on both the Democratic and Republican sides. 
In Grundy County, different precincts told different stories. In Precinct 7, which includes most of Grundy Center, Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) won the Republican poll handily as he captured 68 out of almost 150 votes cast.
Cruz, however, dominated the polls in Precinct 1, which includes Beaman and Conrad, on his way to a statewide win with 28 percent of the vote, continuing Iowa’s history of choosing socially conservative candidates in the GOP Caucus. 
On the Democratic side, the race between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) was essentially a dead heat, mirroring the rest of the state. Sanders edged out a win in precinct 7 with 41 votes to Clinton’s 40, and he won precinct 1 with 25 votes to Clinton’s 22.
For the full story on the caucuses in Grundy County, check out the story in the February 4 edition of The Grundy Register.