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Santorum to win Alabama, Mississippi too close to call

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

With 64 percent of precincts reporting, Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is projected to win the Alabama primary while pollsters continue to sort through the Mississippi votes. In the Yellowhammer State, Santorum got 35 percent of the votes, five more percent than his nearest rival, Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. "We did it again," Santorum said in Lafayette, LA shortly after CNN called him as the winner of Alabama's primary.

In Mississippi, Santorum is running neck-and-neck with Gingrich. According to WLBT, Santorum has 33 percent of the vote while Gingrich takes 32 percent with 83 percent of precincts reporting. The added delegates will bring Santorum, who is currently running behind the GOP favorite former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, closer to closing the more than 200 delegate gap between himself and his rival. Romney currently holds 454 delegates, nearly 1,000 short of the 1,444 needed to secure the Republican presidential nomination. Texas Rep. Ron Paul, as predicted, did not fare well in either primary. Two other caucuses are also scheduled for Tuesday with Hawaii giving up 17 delegates and the American Samoa passing out six. Winners of tonight's contests in Mississippi and Alabama are looking at the possibility of an added 37 and 47 delegates, respectively. After polls closed the two hotly contested Deep South primaries, exit polling results were too close to call the winner, according to CNN. Santorum and Romney were front-runners in both elections, according to the initial poll results. Various surveys released before polls opened in the southern states found Gingrich and Romney in a dead heat while Santorum and Paul trailed behind. Most polls favored current front-runner Romney. According to exit polling from CBS News, 39 percent of Alabama voters said their decision was heavily influenced by their perception of which candidate would be best against President Barack Obama. In Mississippi, 42 percent said the same thing. The polls found that a majority of Alabama residents are ready to support whichever candidate makes it onto the Republican ticket come fall. In Mississippi, most voters were strongly attached to their chosen candidate - especially Gingrich backers. According to CBS, nearly seven in 10 of his supporters said they "strongly back him." The next primary will be held in Illinois on March 20. The state has 69 delegates up for grabs.

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