The third lady

The first coks (pre -election intra -party meetings for the nomination of candidates) were held in the United States - according to tradition, in Iowa. The former first lady, Senator from New York Hillary Clinton, took only the third place among the candidates from the Democratic Party, contrary to the forecasts that gave her leadership, reports CNN.

The winner of the Democrats was the Senator from Illinois Barack Obama. He scored 38 percent of the vote (940 people). The second place went to the former senator from North Carolina John Edwards (30 percent or 744 people), Clinton scored 29 percent (737 people).

In a similar vote of members of the Republican Party in Aiovo, the former Governor of Arkansas Mike Khakkabi won, who gained 34 percent of the vote. The second is the ex -governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romni (25 percent), and Fred Thompson (13 percent of the vote) was the third.

In Ayov and a number of other states, the first stage of the struggle for the White House inside the parties provides for just such meetings, in other states, primary elections are held - primaries. On Tuesday, the first primaries will be held in New Hampshire. The Republican, the mayor of New York, Rudolf Juliani, who refused to participate in the ivsky coks, will participate in them.

A series of primaries should identify a single candidate from each party to participate in the upcoming US elections in November.