5 ▁p led ged ▁deleg ates , ▁Iowa ▁also ▁sent ▁three ▁un ple d ged ▁deleg ates ▁to ▁the ▁convention , ▁for ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 2 8 ▁Iowa ▁deleg ates . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Associ ated ▁Press ▁( AP ), ▁the ▁Iowa ▁Republican ▁system ▁" put s ▁a ▁prem ium ▁on ▁getting ▁the ▁most ▁votes ▁in ▁individual ▁con gression al ▁districts . ▁If ▁a ▁candidate ' s ▁supp or ters ▁can ▁control ▁a ▁con gression al ▁district ▁convention , ▁they ▁can ▁choose ▁national ▁deleg ates ▁and ▁sl ate ▁committee ▁members ▁who ▁support ▁their ▁candidate ." ▁A ▁January ▁ 4 ▁Associ ated ▁Press ▁analysis ▁project ed ▁that ▁Rom ney ▁would ▁win ▁ 1 3 ▁deleg ates , ▁Sant orum ▁would ▁win ▁ 1 2 , ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁candidates ▁would ▁get ▁none . ▁This ▁projection ▁was ▁also ▁used ▁by ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times . ▁CNN ▁used ▁a ▁different ▁estimate , ▁predict ing ▁that ▁Rom ney ▁would ▁receive ▁ 1 8 ▁deleg ates , ▁Sant orum ▁would ▁receive ▁ 8 , ▁Paul ▁would ▁receive ▁ 7 , ▁Perry ▁would ▁receive ▁ 4 , ▁and ▁G ing rich ▁would ▁receive ▁ 2 . ▁N BC ▁used ▁a ▁third ▁estimate , ▁predict ing ▁that ▁Rom ney ▁would ▁receive ▁ 1 1 , ▁Sant orum ▁would ▁receive ▁ 1 1 , ▁and ▁Paul ▁would ▁receive ▁ 3 . ▁ ▁Con tr ary ▁to ▁these ▁early ▁pro jections , ▁however , ▁Paul ▁ultimately ▁did ▁extremely ▁well ▁in ▁the ▁delegate ▁race . ▁Indeed , ▁despite ▁the