Kerry clings to slight lead on eve of Iowa caucus

FOUR Democrats were locked in a tight race last night on the eve of Iowa’s presidential caucuses, with John Kerry clinging to a narrow lead, according to a poll released yesterday (Pic: Howard Dean).

Kerry led Howard Dean 24.4% to 23.1% in the three-day tracking poll, with Richard Gephardt at 18.8% and John Edwards at 18.4% in the tightest Iowa campaign in history.

Tonight’s caucus is the first test in the Democratic race to pick a challenger to President Bush, and Dean and Gephardt had battled for the top spot in polls in the state for months.