Mitt Romney took Arizona and Michigan in Tuesday’s Republican presidential primaries.
In Michigan, Rick Santorum ran second, with Ron Paul third and Newt Gingrich a distant fourth.
Romney, a Michigan native, has now amasssed far more convention delegate votes than the other candidates and appears in strong position going into next Tuesday’s “Super Tuesday” gauntlet of primaries, including the one in Oklahoma (where polls show Santorum in the lead). Some pundits, however, say Romney will be hard-pressed in some of the Southern states that vote
There are 437 delegates up for grabs on Super Tuesday. Washington, which caucuses Saturday, awards 43 delegates.
Romney has now amassed 157 delegates to Santorum’s 77. Gingrich, who did not compete in Arizona or Michigan and is banking on a strong showing in Georgia and the other southern states on Super Tuesday, has 32, while Paul has 19.
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