Iowa Democratic Party Releases br Partial Results of Chaotic Caucuses With 62 of precincts reporting, br the results of the Iowa caucuses br placed Pete Buttigieg in the lead. Following closely behind br Buttigieg is Vermont br Senator Bernie Sanders. Neck and neck for br third and fourth place are br Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden, respectively. Senator Amy Klobuchar br followed the candidates br in a distant fifth place. The partial results came after br a tense day of back and forth br between Iowa party leaders br and candidate campaign officials. The process had been delayed br due to reporting and tallying issues br related to the first caucuses of br the 2020 campaign season. An app — reportedly created br by the company Shadow Inc. and br implemented to report results— has br been blamed for a majority of the issues.