Mitt Romney has captured the Washington state caucuses, in which 40 delegates were at stake and in which he easily bested Rick Santorum and Ron Paul, per the AP and several TV networks.
The caucuses got little focus, and like some other Western states, there is a Mormon population that likely boosted Romney’s tally. Nonetheless, it is another win in his column, and gives him a boost heading into Super Tuesday.
With 43 percent of precincts reporting, Romney had 37 percent of the vote. Ron Paul and Rick Santorum were battling for second place with roughly 24 percent each. Newt Gingrich trailed with 11 percent of the vote.
Washington will eventually send 40 delegates to the Republican National Convention, but they will be chosen later so delegates will not be given to candidates who drop out.
With just three days to go before Super Tuesday, when 10 states hold their nominating contests, the candidates were hoping to pick up some momentum from in Washington.
Paul was the only candidate in Washington on caucus-day. The other three were in Ohio on Saturday evening for a forum on Mike Huckabee’s Fox News show.
(Source: Politico / The Hill)
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I’ld say Romney did poorly. In a relatively “liberal” state on the “left coast”, with a large Mormon population, he barely got a 1/3 of the vote. Santorum and Paul each got a quarter. If Paul’s supporters decided that Santorum is a second choice, Romney is in big trouble.
Another waste of time state that refuses to have a REAL primary. The key word here is that the “delegates” are non-committed.