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Thu 01 Jan 2008Iowa votes tonight in first test of presidential hopefulsAfter a year of intense campaigning, Iowa votes tonight in the first contests to choose the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees, with polls showing both races too close to call, writes Denis Stauntonin Des Moines, IowaAs the candidates made final appeals to voters in television adverts and at rallies throughout the state, campaign workers prepared for the biggest get out the vote operation Iowa has ever seen.