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Were with the men and women who know the candidates better than anybody. A rare insight into love and politics. He will be unbelievable. Tonight what the candidates spouses are telling us about stumping right by their side. First tonight the nightline 5. The bold nissan rogue with intuitive allwheel drive. Because winter needs a hero. Now get a 199 per month lease on the 2016 nissan rogue. Nissan, innovation that excites. Seconds. Good evening. In a president ial race that has been wild and unpredictable, tonight the voters weighed in for the first time and they made things even more wild and unpredictable. Here now the numbers out of the Iowa Caucuses. On the republican side, a big projected victory tonight for texas senator ted cruz. He comes out on top. This is a surprise. Followed by the billionaire businessman and exreality star donald trump who had been leading in the polls coming into tonight. A close third, and this is another surprise, florida senator marco rubio finishing much stronger than expected. Meanwhile, lets talk about the democrats. The onceinevitable Hillary Clinton neck and neck right now sanders. Originally written off as a fringe candidate. That race still too close to call. We have Team Coverage on this momentous evening and we start with abcs jon karl whos at cruz headquarters, good evening. First republican to get into a brawl with donald trump. And to beat him. Organization. He did it with a singleminded focus on iowa and the here. As for donald trump, he has a new title tonight loser. After dominating the polls for months, he has now lost the first contest. In fact, marco rubio had such a strong showing here, 23 , that he almost beat trump out for second place. Let me tell you, this is just the beginning. Donald trump is now on his way to new hampshire, a state where he has a huge lead. Far bigger than he ever had in iowa. So stay tuned. Weve got a long way to go, dan. A long road for both the republicans and the democrats. Jon karl, thank you. So much to talk about tonight. So lets bring in abc news political analyst matthew dowd, good evening, sir. So weve seen in the past conservative candidates win in iowa and then go on to fit zell. So does ted cruz have a clear point . No, he doesnt have a clear path to the nomination. Iowas caucus has a larger percentage of evangelical voters than any other state hes going to be faced with in the rest of the process. He doesnt have a state now where he can put together the same coalition. Hes going to figure out where he can win next and do the same thing in iowa. Another big story tonight, donald trump, hes been the big story of this campaign. Lets listen to a little bit of his concession speech. Here it is. In fact, i think i might come here and buy a farm. I love it, okay . Thank you. Thank you, everybody. So three words that you dont often hear associated with donald trump. Gracious in defeat. How big a defeat is this for him . He had an opportunity, if he had won tonight, as the leader, to start putting this race away and running the table. He would have won new hampshire, won south carolina, begun to put the race away. He no longer can do that, its a threeperpendicular race. Now its incumbent upon him, next week. It as wideopen race. Completely, completely. Rubio surging tonight as well. Before i let you go i want to talk about the democrats. We have Hillary Clinton who was once considered inevitable, a shooin. Almost beaten by a 74yearold former socialist. How much trouble is she this . She like donald trump, she had an opportunity to basically start to put this race away with a clear victory tonight. She didnt get that. Now she faces a likely loss in new hampshire. So the next place she can win is south carolina. So that race is now which could have been shortened if she had won tonight overwhelmingly is going to be a much longer race and go into march for sure. Matt, thank you. So many amazing moments tonight. For a look at the sights and sounds from a historic evening, abcs david wright at the sanders headquarters. Good evening to you. Reporter good evening. The sanders crowd highly energized here tonight. On one side of this race youve got a cliff hanger. True to form, 2016 seems to be shaping up to be a year where the pundits might as well hang up their hats and hang on for the ride. God bless the great state of iowa. Reporter tonight more signs that nothing is inevitable in 2016. On the republican side, ted cruz trumped billion fair donald trump. Iowa has sent notice that the republican nominee and the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the washington establishment. But will be chosen by we the people, the american people. Reporter on the democratic side, too close to project. Even as Hillary Clinton seemed to declare victory so as i stand here tonight, thank you iowa i want you to know i will keep doing what i have done my entire life. Reporter Bernie Sanders isnt conceding anything. It looks like we are in a virtual tie. Reporter the hardfought campaign touched every corner of this rural farm state. All 99 counties. The eyes of the world are watching us tonight. Reporter a Record Number of gop caucusgoers turned out to participate, more than 180,000 statewide. For donald trump, the frontrunner most of the way here, the question has always been would those huge crowds at the trump rallies translate into huge crowds of trump voters . Get out of bed and caucus. You got to do it. Reporter tonight he was still talking that way. Even in second place donald trump still tried to sound like a winner. We finished second and i want to tell you something. Im just honored. And i want to congratulate ted. Reporter trump may well have been hurt by this line how stupid are the people of iowa . Reporter which came back to haunt him in cruzs campaign ads. How stupid are the people of iowa . Reporter also, it may not have helped that he skipped that last debate. The third place finisher on the republican side, marco rubio, also treated tonight as victory. For months they told us we had no chance. Reporter now a caucus gets a lot of attention because it comes first. But in many ways this state is not exactly representative of the rest of the nation. Eight years ago Mike Huckabee won here. Four years ago rick santorum. More than 90 white, you look at it from a religious standpoint more evangelicals per captain than the rest of the country. But its also the state that gave the green light to president obama. Reporter the ad war brutal, up to the wire. The big day is here in a few hours we should know the winners of the Iowa Caucuses postal workers to nurses, hes been endorsed for real change. Bernie sanders. Reporter including a Mini Campaign debate in every commercial break. In a world as complex as this, we need a president as experienced as hillary. Reporter its been like this for months. The campaigns and their super pacs spent more than 70 million on ads here. Im rand paul. Im john kasich. Im Chris Christie i approve this message. Reporter 17,000 ads airing in this state during the last month alone. Thats the equivalent of six full days of political ads 24 7. Hi, iowa, im ivanka trump. Reporter Donald Trumps daughter featured in this show and tell ad. The glamorous new york socialite explaining to iowa voters how the caucus system works. I am really excited to tell you how to caucus for my father, donald j. Trump. Reporter a lot of them firsttime caucusgoers. Norland and her mom lauren attending their first caucus. Both of them slightly undecided. Youre coming in with an open mind . Yeah, definitely. Somewhat, somewhat. Somewhat . You have an idea of who you want to vote for . Yeah. But youre ready to be persuaded if somebody else can persuade you . Exactly. Reporter they were leaning towards Martin Omally but well aware he might not meet the threshold to survive. We asked the vice principal of the school where the caucus is being held to explain the process. What advice would you have for them in how to approach this whole thing . Would i would do is know this is a very fluid process. Were going to start the count in theory the hillary people on one side, the bernie people on the other, and theyre all going to be trying to get the omally people to come to them . Exactly. All of a sudden the omally people will have more significance in this process. Reporter tonight omally suspended his campaign, freeing his voters to move to one or the other democratic candidates. We fought very, very hard in order to give the people a choice. Choice tonight. Reporter the iowa caucus is always a test of organization, not just inspiration. Today an army of volunteers helped out. We met this 13yearold girl phone banking for ted cruz. I made 833 calls for ted cruz. Reporter and there was jim kay at sanders headquarters. Have you ever done this before . No. Where did you come from . Phoenix. You drove from phoenix . Starting yesterday morning. To be here to help with the caucus . Yes. How come . Iowa is really a place where i feel like i can make a difference sgln. Reporter tonight he made a difference by fielding phone calls at sanders headquarters, directing vote toes their caucus sites. What can i help you out with . Sure, i can get you your caucus location. Reporter hes 30 years old, an electrical engineer who took time off work to be here. Thats how strongly he feels. No sooner have the caucus onward to new hampshire. Some with a boost, others slightly bruised. The battle in both parties now in full swing. On to new hampshire. 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Tonight abcs linsey davis spends time with the people who know the candidates better than anybody, their spouses. Reporter tonight in iowa, the candidates in a hardfought race. At their sides, their reallife running mates, one of whom could end up becoming the next first spouse. Give it up for Michelle Obama reporter it was eight years ago that many voters met a young Michelle Obama for the first time, standing next to her husband as he won the iowa caucus in 2008. As the old adage goes, you can tell a lot about a person by the company he or she keeps. Look at her. Reporter which is why abc news recently sat down with some of the spouses who would be first lady, or the first first gentleman. Ive been married 29 years. 18 years. 25 years. And the next president of the United States is my running mate. My running mate. Bernie sanders. Dr. Ben carson. Ted cruz. Im here to tell you, mean game of pool. Cooked up some meatballs. Simmer them in a sauce all day long reporter went out running on the street and out on the trail. Took me bird watching, introduced me to their grandchildren done reporter and sometimes even let down their hair. Ive never told anybody that. What made you fall in love with chris . He had great stories. He still has great stories. And he was cute. Reporter tonight all eyes on the front runners, all with very different love stories. For the cruzs it was a love story that blossomed out of politics. As they worked on george w. Bushs campaign in 2000. Ive always been certain about teds talent. Ive always known that if other people could see what i saw, that people would vote for him. Youve said it was love at first sight . I found ted very compelling. He is a warm person, hes friendly, hes smart, he also likes to have fun. Thank you for being here, reporter heidi, Harvard Business school grad, put her position as a Goldman Sachs executive on hold to hit the trail with her husband. Do you think working at goldman is at all a political liability for your husband running for president . You know, ive been asked if ted is antiwall street. And ted is not antiwall street, hes not anti any business. He is against government subsidies for any industries. And hes said that over and over. People seem to either love or hate ted cruz. Why do you think hes so polarizing . Hes happy to expose the inequities. Hes happy to tell the truth. If youre not on the side of the truth, if you are not in there trying to fix the problem, you dont like the problem fixer. When we met, it will soon be 45 years ago in a couple of months, when we met, we fell in love. Reporter former president bill clinton has hit the trail for his wife, telling the tale at the Yale Law School library. She closed her law book, walked the entire length of the library, walked to me, she said, look. If youre going to keep staring at me, and im going to keep staring back, we at least ought to know each others name. Im hillary rodham, whats your name . Reporter after multiple proposals she finally said yes. The two were married in their living room with 15 gists. A tad less extravagant than the wedding of donald trump that the clintons attended in 2005. He will be unbelievable, the best dealmaker, the best master negotiator. Reporter melana trump has been very private but recently sat down with abcs barbara walters. How do you feel about campaigning . Well, its my choice not to be there. I support my husband 100 . But we have a 9yearold son together, baron, and im raising him. Her husband as a problem solver, something she says first attracted her to him when he ran for mayor of burlington, vermont. When he was running for mayor he knocked on every door. And i opened the inside door and i said, dont worry, youve got my vote. And that was it, the first words i spoke to bernie. Reporter while her husband of 27 years now tries to woo america, she finally recounts her own courtship and the very first date. I was outside talking to some friends. And he came out and said hello. Then kept on walking. He turned back again. And said, have you eaten . And of course i had but i said, no. So we went out to eat. At the mexican restaurant. So this is the wedding. And my daughters were my brides maids. And davey walked me down the aisle. Reporter theyre inseparable in this campaign, they have his and hers desks. We work together. So hes also, hes gone a lot. Separate office from me. Reporter florida senator marco rubio ostensibly has the biggest cheerleader of all in his running mate and wife of 17 years, janette rubio. Hi, how are you . Reporter a former actual cheerleader for the miami dolphins. They are High School Sweethearts who met just down the road from their home today. Shortly after announcing his candidacy for president , the parents of four sat down with george stephanopoulos. Is that a no . Well i was funny. That he was. He was funny. He definitely charmed me with his humor. Reporter its come to this for all of these spouses who know only one candidate will end up taking the oath of office. But each of them has already made a vow, to love and to cherish forever. For nightline im linsey davis in new york. Oval office or not. Of our naibs news Digital Series running mates head to abcnews. Com. Well be right back. [screaming] the bold nissan rogue,with intuitive all wheel drive. Because winter needs a hero. Now get a 199 per month lease on the 2016 nissan rogue. Nissan. Innovation that excites. E trade is all about seizing opportunity. And id like to. Cut. So im gonna take this opportunity to direct. Thank you, well call you. Evening, film noir, smoke, atmosphere. Bob. Youre a young farmhand and e trade is your cow. This is violet. Shes been waiting for this moment for awhile. A moment other kids wouldnt think twice about. Her first bowl of cheerios. Because now that cheerios are gluten free, violet, and many others are enjoying their first finally tonight, a recap of our top story. A huge and surprising night in the Iowa Caucuses. On the republican side the projected winner, texas senator ted cruz, who edged out the billionaire Businessman Donald Trump whod been leading in the polls. Another surprise, florida senator marco rubio coming in a close third, beating expectations. On the democratic side it is too close to project. Hillary clinton, once considered locked in a dead heat with vermont senator Bernie Sanders. Thank you for watching nightline tonight. Marco rubio will be live on gma first thing in the morning. As always we are online 24 7 on our Nightline Facebook page and at abcnews. Com. Thanks again for watching and have a great night