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Mitt Romney Scores Win In Arizona

Doug Mataconis · Tuesday, February 28, 2012 · 1 comment

To nobody’s surprise, Mitt Romney has won the Arizona Republican Primary:

Mitt Romney will win Tuesday’s Arizona primary, CNN projected based on exit polls, and he took an early lead over rival Rick Santorum in Michigan, a key contest in the Republican race for a candidate to run against President Barack Obama in November.

The victory in Arizona, where exit polls showed Romney getting 43% to 28% for Santorum, gives the former Massachusetts governor all of the state’s 29 delegates in the winner-takes-all primary. Trailing well back were the other two GOP contenders — Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul.

Given the polls we’ve seen over the past week or so, this isn’t a surprise. Nonetheless, it’s a solid 29 delegates in Mitt Romney’s column. Michigan remains up in the air this hour, but Romney is leading so far, which may bode well for him.

FILED UNDER: 2012 Election, US Politics, Arizona, Barack Obama, CNN, exit polls, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Texas

About Doug Mataconis

Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed far too young in July 2021.