5 takeaways from the Iowa Republican caucuses

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump takes the stage at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

After a year of campaigning and more than $120 million in ad spending in Iowa, the caucuses have come and gone.

And the result was… what everyone pretty much expected.

Former President Donald Trump won in a landslide.