Huckabee, who won the Republican contest, came from near obscurity to defeat former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, who had outspent him on campaign ads in the state.

• 而赢得共和党党团会议选举的哈克比过去几乎名不见经传，但是却击败了在该州竞选宣传上花费超过他的前麻萨诸塞州州长米特.；罗姆尼。