Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Rick Santorum - Romney Needs Just 178 Delegates To Clinch Nomination

By Stephen Ohlemacher

ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Texas' Rep. Ron Paul, the only real some other Republican however within the race, includes 104 delegates.

Romney won 84 from the 107 delegates at stake around Tuesday's primaries in North Carolina, Indiana and West Virginia. He also purchased a strong endorsement from Ada Fisher, a new Republican National Committee member from North Carolina that could auto-magically attend the GOP convention.

Paul, who does far better within caucuses as compared with primaries, won simply just half a dozen delegates Tuesday a couple of fewer than Rick Santorum , whom fallen away from the race every thirty days ago. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whom quit your contest past week, earned several delegates. Five delegates ended up designated seeing that uncommitted.

Romney also found 19 delegates throughout Pennsylvania along with six within Nevada.

In Nevada's presidential caucuses with February, Romney picked up 14 delegates, Gingrich received six, Paul obtained personal trainer and Santorum got three. But having Gingrich in addition to Santorum out of your race, the Nevada GOP redistributed its delegates Wednesday, presenting Romney twenty and Paul eight.

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