In pictures: The Iowa caucuses
Iowa Democratic Party chairman Troy Price walks off stage after speaking about the delay in Iowa caucus results.
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In pictures: The Iowa caucuses

Updated 2210 GMT (0610 HKT) February 11, 2020

Iowa Democratic Party chairman Troy Price walks off stage after speaking about the delay in Iowa caucus results.
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The 2020 primary season kicked off Monday, February 3, with the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.

But a week later, the results were still not finalized.

Delays in reporting the results, along with errors in what has been reported, have rocked the Democratic nomination process.

Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price blamed the delay on a "coding error" with the app they planned to use to report the numbers. He apologized and called the delay "unacceptable."

Days later, the Iowa Democratic Party announced that it was extending the time that campaigns had to call for a recanvass or recount. The campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg requested a partial recanvass on February 10.

Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, had a narrow lead with 26.2% of state delegate equivalents. Sanders, a US senator from Vermont, was just behind him with 26.1%. If the results are left unchanged, Buttigieg would be the Iowa winner with 14 delegates, according to the Iowa Democratic Party. Sanders would receive 12 delegates.

US Sen. Elizabeth Warren (18%) would get eight delegates. Former Vice President Joe Biden (15.8%) would get six delegates, and US Sen. Amy Klobuchar (12.3%) would get one.

The winner of the Iowa caucuses has frequently gone on to be the Democratic nominee. In seven of the last nine competitive Democratic primaries, the candidate who placed first in Iowa eventually became the nominee.

Papers cover the floor near boxes of voter registration forms inside an auxiliary Iowa Democratic Party office in Des Moines on Tuesday, February 4.
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Officials tabulate the results of an initial head count at a caucus site in Des Moines on Monday, February 3.
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Staff members who work for the campaign of presidential candidate Joe Biden wait for results during a caucus-night watch party in Des Moines on February 3.
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Precinct officials look over the results of a count during a caucus in Des Moines.
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Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at a watch party at Drake University. With results delayed, most candidates went ahead with their speeches.
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US Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters at a caucus-night campaign rally in Des Moines.
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US Sen. Elizabeth Warren takes the stage to address supporters at her caucus-night party in Des Moines.
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Biden and his wife, Jill, take the stage at his watch party in Des Moines.
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US Sen. Amy Klobuchar addresses supporters at her watch party in Des Moines.
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Caucusgoers hold up their first votes as they are counted on the Drake University campus in Des Moines.
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Biden supporters wait for results at his watch party in Des Moines.
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A precinct secretary and volunteer conduct an initial head count at a caucus site in Des Moines.
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University of Iowa students shine their phone lights after the overhead lights went out during a caucus in Iowa City.
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Elizabeth Hendrix, a precinct captain for Buttigieg, tries to persuade Tim Gannon to join her group at a caucus in Des Moines.
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Natalie Serrano and Isaac Garcia — along with their 2-year-old son, Leonel — wait for caucus returns to come in at a Sanders rally in Des Moines.
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People in Des Moines take part in a caucus at Drake University.
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Caucus chairman Steve King flips a coin to determine which candidate has to drop a delegate in Algona, Iowa. At left is Sarah Casey, a Klobuchar supporter. On the right is Chris Brown, a Warren supporter.
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Numbers are tallied up at a caucus location in West Des Moines, Iowa.
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Caucusgoers sit in a Des Moines gymnasium on February 3.
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Warren visits caucusgoers at a high school in Des Moines.
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Registered Democrats caucus at Hayloft, a bar in Grant, Iowa.
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Joann Smith waits in line to attend a caucus-night rally for Biden in Des Moines.
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People walk to a caucus at a Des Moines high school.
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Snowmen in Des Moines are dressed as Biden, Buttigieg and Warren on February 3.
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Emily Hagedorn announces results from a satellite caucus location in Paris on February 3. Paris is one of three satellite caucus locations outside the United States.
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A precinct captain for Biden prepares for a caucus in Des Moines.
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Caucusgoers check in before Warren speaks at a Des Moines high school on February 3.
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Klobuchar supporters cheer at a satellite caucus location in Port Charlotte, Florida.
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Iowa voters in Paris raise their hand as they gather to caucus.
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Caucus participants hold presidential preference cards in Des Moines.
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Biden carries pizza boxes before speaking at an event in Des Moines on February 3.
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A Buttigieg supporter wears campaign earrings as she says hello to him at an office in West Des Moines.
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Andrew Yang high-fives supporters at a canvass launch in Iowa City, Iowa, on February 3.
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Warren speaks at a campaign event in Ames, Iowa, on Sunday, February 2.
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Jill Biden hugs her husband as she introduces him at a campaign event in Des Moines on February 2.
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Audience members listen to Buttigieg at a rally in Waterloo, Iowa, on Saturday, February 1.
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Klobuchar leaves a campaign event in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on February 1.
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Biden speaks during a campaign event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on February 1.
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Sanders speaks at a campaign event in Indianola, Iowa, on February 1.
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Campaign volunteers listen to Warren before going out to canvass voters in Urbandale, Iowa, on February 1.
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Klobuchar addresses a gathering in Sioux City, Iowa, on February 1.
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Warren supporters cheer during a campaign rally in Cedar Rapids on February 1.
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Buttigieg finishes a speech in Oelwein, Iowa, on February 1.
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A volunteer wears Sanders campaign pins during an event in Waterloo on February 1.
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Biden greets a voter in Cedar Rapids on February 1.
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Warren speaks in Cedar Rapids on February 1.
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People line up to attend a Buttigieg event in Dubuque, Iowa, on February 1.
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