Iowa casts first votes in 2016 US presidential race

Iowans cast the first votes in the race to choose the next president of the United States, with early tallies showing frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton facing fierce challenges. Voters in the midwestern state flocked to churches, gymnasiums and libraries to be the first voices officially heard and counted in the boisterous months-long nominating process, ahead of Election Day on November 8. Controversial billionaire Donald Trump, who has led Republican polls for months, was running n