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Posted at 2:17 a.m., Sunday, December 2, 2007

Iowa poll shows Obama leading 3-way race

Associated Press

THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Iowa.

THE NUMBERS — DEMOCRATS:

Barack Obama, 28 percent

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 25 percent

John Edwards, 23 percent

Bill Richardson, 9 percent

Joe Biden, 6 percent

THE NUMBERS — REPUBLICANS:

Mike Huckabee, 29 percent

Mitt Romney, 24 percent

Rudy Giuliani, 13 percent

Fred Thompson, 9 percent

John McCain, 7 percent

Ron Paul, 7 percent

Tom Tancredo, 6 percent

OF INTEREST:

Huckabee's surge among Iowa Republicans continues with a poll indicating for the first time that he's opened up a small lead over Romney, who has held the top spot in Iowa polls for months. Giuliani is far behind in third place, with other candidates in single digits.

The Democratic race continues to focus on three front-runners, but Obama appears to have some momentum.

The telephone poll for The Des Moines Register of 500 voters who say they definitely or probably will attend the Democratic caucuses and 500 voters who definitely or probably will attend the Republican caucuses was conducted Nov. 25-28. The poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.

COMPLETE RESULTS: www.desmoinesregister.com