TIME captures candidates and potential caucusgoers in action as Iowa prepares for its first-in-the-nation Republican presidential contest.
Battle for Iowa: The Final Days of the Caucus Campaign in Photos
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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista buy ice cream after a campaign meet and greet, Jan. 3, 2012, in Muscatine, Iowa.
