Story highlights For Sanders, who started this race as more stalking horse than viable candidate, fighting Hillary Clinton in a razor-thin contest in Iowa was more than enough

Without being a clear loss or win, it still gives Sanders momentum and the likely money boost that he will need for a long, drawn-out battle with Clinton

(CNN) Bernie Sanders finally got his political revolution.

in a razor-thin contest in Iowa was more than enough. It wasn't an outright victory . But, for Sanders, who started this race as more stalking horse than viable candidate, fighting Hillary Clinton in a razor-thin contest in Iowa was more than enough.

"We had no money, we had no name recognition and we were taking on the most powerful political organization in the United States of America," Sanders said Monday from Des Moines. "And tonight while the results are still not known it looks like we are in a virtual tie. And that is why what Iowa has begun tonight is a political revolution."

Without being a clear loss or win, it still gives Sanders momentum and the likely money boost that he will need for a long, drawn-out battle with Clinton that could stretch well into the spring.

"Whether we lose by a fraction of a point or we win or whatever, we're very proud of the campaign that we won and I think the significance is, for folks who did not think Bernie Sanders could win, that we could compete against Hillary Clinton, I hope that that thought is now gone," Sanders told CNN's Chris Cuomo on "New Day" on Tuesday morning.

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