It's 7 PM CT, and the Iowa Republican caucuses have just begun. We'll be liveblogging the results as they come in.
Click here for our handy guide to the nuts-and-bolts of caucus procedures. The Iowa Republican Party says it will report votes for the following:
Michele Bachmann
Herman Cain
Newt Gingrich
Jon Huntsman
Ron Paul
Rick Perry
Buddy Roemer
Mitt Romney
Rick Santorum
"No Preference"
"Other"
Results: AP | CBS | CNN | DMR | Google | NYT | Politico
5:01 PM PT: Welcome to primary season! The news media's entrance poll should be available here any moment now.
5:02 PM PT: Ah, it's live on CNN's site. Click here for the entrance poll.
5:04 PM PT: According to the exit poll (whose numbers may yet fluctuate), this is where things stand:
Paul 25.5%
Romney 23.1%
Santorum 18.6%
Gingrich 12.7%
Perry 10.2%
Bachmann 7.3%
Huntsman 1.4%
5:08 PM PT: I meant entrance poll, not exit poll, just above. Note that we're backing out the numbers based on the first "age" breakdown, because media orgs for whatever reason reason refuse to play it straight. But you'll get slightly different numbers if you use, say, "first-time caucus-goers" or "education," due to rounding. But no matter how you do it, it goes Paul-Romney-Santorum.
5:12 PM PT: Important caveat:
5:23 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): The liveblogging continues in the next thread.