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| Romney wins six states on Super Tue |
| Romney wins six states on Super Tuesday
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 7-March-2012
9:43:58 AM |
| Mitt Romney boosted his prospects for becoming the Republican presidential nominee, winning six states including the coveted prize of Ohio on Super Tuesday, the busiest day in the turbulent campaign to select a rival to President Barack Obama.
But Romney failed to land a knockout blow against his main rival, Rick Santorum, who won three contests and barely lost Ohio. Newt Gingrich kept his candidacy alive by winning his home state of Georgia.
The mixed results in the 10 state contests held on Tuesday suggest that Romney, despite padding his lead in the tally of delegates who will pick the nominee, is still unable to win over some conservatives and rally the party behind his candidacy.
With Santorum and Gingrich energized by their wins, the often-acrimonious race will likely continue for weeks or months, perhaps weakening the eventual nominee and benefiting Obama, whose standing in opinion polls has improved.
Romney scored a home-state win in Massachusetts, where he served a governor, to go with primary victories in Vermont and in Virginia - where neither Santorum nor Newt Gingrich was on the ballot. He later added the Idaho and Alaska caucuses to his column. Santorum won the primaries in Oklahoma and Tennessee and the North Dakota caucuses.
But the most closely watched contest was in Ohio, a heavily populated Midwestern industrial state often seen as a bellwether in presidential elections. It was a test of strength for Santorum, who was a US senator from neighbouring Pennsylvania.
Romney trailed much of the night but rallied near midnight. With 99 per cent of Ohio's precincts reporting, he had 38 per cent to Santorum's 37 per cent, an uncomfortably close margin for a candidate who had spent nearly four times as much money as his rival in the state. He led Santorum by about 12,000 votes out of more than 1.1 million cast.
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