Santorum wins Missouri
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum scored a symbolic win Tuesday evening, beating former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the non-binding Missouri Republican presidential selection primary.
In Stone County, Santorum gathered 60.39% to Romney’s 23.71.
Santorum, carrying more than 50 percent of the vote, leads in a majority of Missouri’s counties, while Romney, placing seconds, leads only in Boone County and St. Louis City.
Santorum had staked his campaign at this point on a win in Missouri — campaigning in the Show-Me State multiple times last week, the only candidate to do so.
No delegates were distributed for the Republican candidates Tuesday night. Instead, due to a disconnect between Missouri’s electoral calendar and national party rules, they will be selected in caucuses next month.[adsenseyu1]
The Missouri Republican Party said Missouri’s primary, though non-binding, “played an important role” in the process.
“While the non-binding primary is certainly not an ideal situation, we agree with the reporter who observed earlier today that the Show-Me State primary could still ‘carry a lot of weight,” said David Cole, chairman of the MOGOP.
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