Florida Primary Results: Mitt Romney Back In The Lead
Mitt Romney posted his most convincing win yet last night in the Florida Primary, beating Newt Gingrich and reclaiming the lead in this brutal race. When the votes were all tallied up, Romney won by 14 points and received all 50 delegates from the state of Florida. Romney’s win in Florida is the first time he won a majority in any state, but the other candidates vow to fight on and not drop out the race just yet.
The former Massachusetts governor had taken46 percent of the vote to 31 percent for Gingrich after returns from 99 percent of the polls were in. Rick Santorum had 13 percent, and Ron Paul 7 percent. Romney has taken 84 delegates, but needs a total of 1,144 to win the Republican nomination. Gingrich spoke to a half-empty hotel balloon in Orlando and said ”I just want to reassure everyone, we are going to contest every place and we are going to win and we will be in Tampa as the nominee in August.”
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