After going more than a month without a victory (or even a second place finish, for that matter) it looks like Rick Santorum will finally get to bask in the glow of victory for a change. In two states that are holding caucuses tonight (Minnesota and Colorado) he is currently running well ahead of his rivals, and in the meaningless Missouri primary (which won’t be used to allocate any delegates) he has more than twice the number of votes that establishment favorite Mitt Romney has.
Here are the current results from each state:
Minnesota (as of 8:18 PM): 51.32% of precincts reporting
- Newt Gingrich — 10.82%
- Ron Paul — 27.02%
- Mitt Romney — 16.64%,
- Rick Santorum — 45.17%
Colorado (as of 8:18 PM): 3.4% of precincts reporting
- Rick Santorum: 47.72%
- Mitt Romney: 22.48%
- Newt Gingrich: 17.33%
- Ron Paul: 12.33%
Missouri (as of 8:18 PM): 98% of precincts reporting
- Mitt Romney: 25.3%
- Ron Paul: 12.2%
- Rick Santorum: 55.2%
A few things to keep in mind:
- Santorum could relinquish his lead in Colorado by the time all the results come in. It’s still early, and returns are still being tabulated by the state’s Republican Party. Updates are coming in slowly.
- Newt Gingrich was not on the ballot in Missouri, which likely helped Rick Santorum win a much larger share of the vote than he otherwise would have. Gingrich’s campaign has dismissed the Missouri primary as a “beauty contest”, noting that the results are not binding and won’t be used to allocate any delegates. Even if the primary is nothing more than a well publicized straw poll, it still indicates Mitt Romney is not the first choice of many Republican voters.
- Tonight’s Republican caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota took place at the precinct level, and constitute a preliminary round in the caucus and convention cycles in those states. The percentages we’re seeing tonight for each candidate could change, depending on what happens in the next round.
TPM has a recap of Santorum’s victory speech in the Show Me State.
UPDATE, 9:16 PM: Mitt Romney has pulled even with Rick Santorum in Colorado.
- Mitt Romney: 36.59% (6,019 votes)
- Rick Santorum: 36.49% (6,003 votes)
- Newt Gingrich: 14.24% (2,343 votes)
- Ron Paul: 12.46% (2,050 votes)
In 2008, Romney won the Colorado caucuses pretty handily. But he’s not doing so well this time around.
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Rick Santorum running ahead in Minnesota, Colorado caucuses… and the Missouri primary
After going more than a month without a victory (or even a second place finish, for that matter) it looks like Rick Santorum will finally get to bask in the glow of victory for a change. In two states that are holding caucuses tonight (Minnesota and Colorado) he is currently running well ahead of his rivals, and in the meaningless Missouri primary (which won’t be used to allocate any delegates) he has more than twice the number of votes that establishment favorite Mitt Romney has.
Here are the current results from each state:
Minnesota (as of 8:18 PM): 51.32% of precincts reporting
Colorado (as of 8:18 PM): 3.4% of precincts reporting
Missouri (as of 8:18 PM): 98% of precincts reporting
A few things to keep in mind:
TPM has a recap of Santorum’s victory speech in the Show Me State.
UPDATE, 9:16 PM: Mitt Romney has pulled even with Rick Santorum in Colorado.
In 2008, Romney won the Colorado caucuses pretty handily. But he’s not doing so well this time around.
# Written by Andrew Villeneuve :: 8:38 PM
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