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| Romney sweeps US primary trio |
| 'Quite a night': Romney sweeps US primary trio
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 4-April-2012
3:49:37 AM |
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Republican Mitt Romney notched a huge US Presidential primary triple win on Tuesday, strengthening an already compelling case that he is the presumptive nominee in the battle for the White House.
He thumped his main rival Rick Santorum in Maryland and the US capital Washington, and was expected to win a tighter but more important race in Wisconsin, US media projected, in a pivotal night for the front-runner.
"Thank you to Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, DC. We won them all! This really has been quite a night," he told euphoric supporters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
But impressive as the Romney victories were, Mr Santorum insisted the Republican race to see who will challenge President Barack Obama in November was merely at "halftime," and that he would carry on at least into May, when there will be a series of primaries in states more favorable to Santorum.
"The clock starts tonight," Mr Santorum told supporters in his home state of Pennsylvania, which votes later in April.
"We've got three weeks to go out here in Pennsylvania and win this state. And after winning this state, the field looks a little different in May," he said.
But Mr Santorum must feel the sting of a loss in Wisconsin, where he campaigned heavily over the last week. With nearly half of voting precincts reporting, Mr Romney had 42 per cent of the vote to Mr Santorum's 38 per cent.
Mr Santorum virtually ignored the other two contests in the hope of snagging a victory in the Midwest, where the arch-conservative has fared far better than in the more moderate Northeast.
In Maryland, Mr Romney was on 48 per cent to Mr Santorum's 30 per cent, with former House speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Congressman Ron Paul far off the pace, according to partial results.
The trifecta puts Mr Romney beyond the halfway mark in the march to getting the magic number of 1,144 delegates needed to be crowned the Republican flag-bearer at the party's national convention in August.
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