Thursday, May 10, 2012

Rick Santorum - Romney Needs Just 178 Delegates To Clinch Nomination

By Stephen Ohlemacher

ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Texas' Rep. Ron Paul, that exclusively some other Republican nonetheless inside race, includes 104 delegates.

Romney won 84 of the 107 delegates at share throughout Tuesday's primaries within North Carolina, Indiana in addition to West Virginia. He also identified up a strong endorsement coming from Ada Fisher, a Republican National Committee person from North Carolina who will on auto-pilot attend the GOP convention.

Paul, which does greater within caucuses compared to primaries, gained simply 6 months time delegates Tuesday not one but two under Rick Santorum , exactly who decreased out from the race 30 days ago. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who give up that battle very last week, received three delegates. Five delegates were chose since uncommitted.

Romney likewise selected up 19 delegates in Pennsylvania in addition to five within Nevada.

In Nevada's presidential caucuses in February, Romney won fourteen delegates, Gingrich gained six, Paul became five plus Santorum got three. But with Gingrich in addition to Santorum right out the race, your Nevada GOP redistributed it has the delegates Wednesday, giving Romney thirty plus Paul eight.

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