(Radio Iowa) – Donald Trump has won Iowa’s six electoral college votes for a third time. However, Trump’s double-digit victory here over Kamala Harris is by a wider margin than in the two previous Iowa General Elections. Iowa Republican Party chairman Jeff Kaufmann celebrated last (Tuesday) night with the crowd at the party’s headquarters in Des Moines.

“Let’s make sure the entire state hears us,” Kaufmann said. “Donald Trump won Iowa!” A statement from the Trump campaign says Hawkeye state voters are eager for President Trump to fix what Kamala Harris broke. It closed with a dig at Ann Selzer, who runs the Des Moines Register’s Iowa Poll. A poll released Saturday showed Harris leading Trump in Iowa.

“The Iowa Poll was a joke this year,” Kaufmann said. “…I think every single person in here that’s a Republican…that believes that we need to have accuracy in reporting…here’s my challenge to you: Cancel your subscription to the Des Moines Register and get five more people to do it, too.” Unofficial results indicate Trump received over 56 percent support in Iowa — and finished 14 points ahead of Harris.

Kaufman told Radio Iowa the party’s strategy of urging G-O-P voters to cast absentee ballots paid off. “The first time in Iowa history Republicans are…ahead in terms of number in early voting,” Kaufmann says. There were also long lines at many polling places yesterday. “I would be very, very surprised if we didn’t have more Republican voters than Democrats as we usually do on Election Day as well,” Kaufmann said.