The chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party attempted to dispel doubts surrounding caucus results released the day after chaos engulfed the first-in-the-nation contest.

As Troy Price finished his opening remarks about the delay in vote tallies, which were caused by a failed phone app on which the state party spent more than $60,000, a reporter immediately questioned the pending results.

"How can anyone trust you now?" yelled a reporter from the press box.

"We have been working day and night to make sure that these results are accurate," responded Price. "This was a coding error in one of the pieces on the back end, but the raw data, the data that has come in, is secure, and I can assure Iowans of that."

Campaigns have voiced their frustration with the process in Iowa, and some media analysts suggested that the state lose its status as the first nominating contest after bungling the vote. Staff and volunteers on Bernie Sanders's campaign complained of bias against the Vermont senator at several precincts.

Price released votes accounting for 62% of Iowa precincts that show Pete Buttigieg with a narrow, preliminary lead over Sanders.