Democrats sign in for the 2020 caucus on Monday night, Feb. 3, at the Wieting Theatre. A total of 107, 79 from Toledo City and 28 from Howard/Toledo participated in the first-in-the-nation presidential selection event in Toledo. News-Herald/Allison Graham

Democrats gathered across Tama County Monday night, Feb. 3, as did the State of Iowa for the nation’s first test for the 2020 presidential nomination. A number of the candidates had campaigned or had high profile representatives work to garner support for them among the Tama County Democrats.

“Tama County and all of our precincts were able to have a smooth and successful caucus for all of those who attended,” Dave Degner, Tama County Democratic Chair, told The News-Herald on Tuesday. “The changes made for this year were effective at simplifying and speeding up the process at the precinct level.”

Delegates were selected to the attend the Tama County Democratic Convention based upon the strength of their candidate’s support among those attending the caucus. The convention is set for March 21 at the South Tama Elementary School in Tama.

In addition, County Central Committee members were elected and party platform planks proposed.

However, Degner said he recognized the problems encountered on up the ladder. “Unfortunately, those noteworthy successes at the precinct level were overshadowed by reporting issues that were out of our hands,” Degner said. “Of course, if given the choice, we will always take accuracy over expediency. So, those delays in the final results were a difficult, but responsible decision that had to be made so that when all numbers were reported publicly, they were verified and accurate.”

Nearly 100 Tama and Columbia Township residents were at the South Tama Elementary School to back their presidential candidate preference in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucus. News-Herald/John Speer

He went on to say,” Although the attention has been on those reporting delays, the Iowa Democratic Caucus itself proved to be successful, with large numbers of first time caucus goers, and swing voters attending this year. Thanks again to everyone that made that happen and thanks to

Results by Precinct/

Candidate Receiving Support

everyone that came out to participate in our nomination process!”

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Signing in was the first step for Democrats attending their caucus for the City of Tama and?Columbia Township Monday night Feb. 3, at the South Tama Elementary School cafeteria. Nearly 100 took part. News-Herald/John Speer

Candidate Receiving Support

(First number is initial commitment, second number is final commitment votes for viable candidates adjusted for those candidates who qualified)

As reported by State Democratic Committee at 4 p.m. Tues., Feb. 4:

Biden:

Tama / Columbia 25 29

Toledo City 13 18

Howard / Toledo 2 0

Clark / Geneseo 10 19

Carlton 13 16

Indian Settlement 1 0

Perry / Buckingham / E. Crystal 19 22

Richland / Salt Creek 0 0

York 1 0

Buttigieg

Tama / Columbia 19 26

Toledo City 18 24

Howard / Toledo 10 10

Clark / Geneseo 16 22

Carlton 12 14

Indian Settlement 2 0

Perry / Buckingham / E. Crystal 18 25

Richland / Salt Creek 3 4

York 4 6

Klobuchar

Tama / Columbia 2 0

Toledo City 9 0

Howard / Toledo 7 8 Clark / Geneseo 9 0

Carlton 0 0

Indian Settlement 0 0

Perry / Buckingham / E. Crystal 13 14

Richland / Salt Creek 2 0

York 0 0

Sanders

Tama / Columbia 29 34

Toledo City 13 15

Howard / Toledo 2 0

Clark / Geneseo 23 24

Carlton 8 8

Indian Settlement 38 43

Perry / Buckingham / E. Crystal 14 16

Richland / Salt Creek 4 4

York 3 0

Steyer

Tama / Columbia 1 0

Toledo City 5 0

Howard / Toledo 4 7

Clark / Geneseo 0 0

Carlton 0 0

Indian Settlement 4 0

Perry / Buckingham / E. Crystal 5 0

Richland / Salt Creek 1 0

York 2 0

Warren

Tama / Columbia 9 0

Toledo City 20 22

Howard / Toledo 3 0

Clark / Geneseo 11 13

Carlton 5 0

Indian Settlement 7 12

Perry / Buckingham / E. Crystal 6 0

Richland / Salt Creek 3 4

York 2 0

Yang

Tama / Columbia 4 0

Toledo City 0 0

Howard / Toledo 0 0

Clark / Geneseo 0 0

Carlton 0 0

Indian Settlement 10 14

Perry / Buckingham / E. Crystal 1 0

Richland / Salt Creek 1 2

York 0 0

(First number is initial commitment, second number is number of delegates adjusted for those candidates wo qualified)

Biden:

Tama / Columbia 25 29

Toledo City 13 18

Howard / Toledo 2 0

Clark / Geneseo 10 19

Carlton 13 16

Indian Settlement 1 0

Perry / Buckingham / E. Crystal 19 22

Richland / Salt Creek 0 0

York 1 0

Buttigieg

Tama / Columbia 19 26

Toledo City 18 24

Howard / Toledo 10 10

Clark / Geneseo 16 22

Carlton 12 14

Indian Settlement 2 0

Perry / Buckingham / E. Crystal 18 25

Richland / Salt Creek 3 4

York 4 6

Klobuchar

Tama / Columbia 2 0

Toledo City 9 0

Howard / Toledo 7 8 Clark / Geneseo 9 0

Carlton 0 0

Indian Settlement 0 0

Perry / Buckingham / E. Crystal 13 14

Richland / Salt Creek 2 0

York 0 0

Sanders

Tama / Columbia 29 34

Toledo City 13 15

Howard / Toledo 2 0

Clark / Geneseo 23 24

Carlton 8 8

Indian Settlement 38 43

Perry / Buckingham / E. Crystal 14 16

Richland / Salt Creek 4 4

York 3 0

Steyer

Tama / Columbia 1 0

Toledo City 5 0

Howard / Toledo 4 7

Clark / Geneseo 0 0

Carlton 0 0

Indian Settlement 4 0

Perry / Buckingham / E. Crystal 5 0

Richland / Salt Creek 1 0

York 2 0

Warren

Tama / Columbia 9 0

Toledo City 20 22

Howard / Toledo 3 0

Clark / Geneseo 11 13

Carlton 5 0

Indian Settlement 7 12

Perry / Buckingham / E. Crystal 6 0

Richland / Salt Creek 3 4

York 2 0

Yang

Tama / Columbia 4 0

Toledo City 0 0

Howard / Toledo 0 0

Clark / Geneseo 0 0

Carlton 0 0

Indian Settlement 10 14

Perry / Buckingham / E. Crystal 1 0

Richland / Salt Creek 1 2

York 0 0