Super Tuesday: Santorum wins Oklahoma, North Dakota, Tennessee, and fights Romney to a draw in Ohio

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Ohio Results

Mitt Romney 451972 38.00%
Rick Santorum 439932 37.00%
Newt Gingrich 173797 14.60%
Ron Paul 110289 9.30%
Rick Perry 7367 0.60%
Jon Huntsman 6350 0.50%

Oklahoma Results

Rick Santorum 82764 33.70%
Mitt Romney 69088 28.20%
Newt Gingrich 66739 27.20%
Ron Paul 24190 9.90%
Rick Perry 1148 0.50%
Michele Bachmann 845 0.30%
Jon Huntsman 635 0.30%

Tennessee Results

Rick Santorum 178511 37.30%
Mitt Romney 133486 27.90%
Newt Gingrich 113870 23.80%
Ron Paul 43750 9.10%
Uncommitted 2856 0.60%
Rick Perry 1673 0.30%
Michele Bachmann 1656 0.30%
Jon Huntsman 1122 0.20%
Buddy Roemer 779 0.20%
Gary Johnson 515 0.10%

Massachusetts Results

Mitt Romney 247385 72.00%
Rick Santorum 41838 12.20%
Ron Paul 32904 9.60%
Newt Gingrich 16012 4.70%
Jon Huntsman 2071 0.60%
No Preference 1691 0.50%
Rick Perry 929 0.30%
Michele Bachmann 836 0.20%

Georgia Results

Newt Gingrich 404593 47.50%
Mitt Romney 218087 25.60%
Rick Santorum 167792 19.70%
Ron Paul 55334 6.50%
Jon Huntsman 1681 0.20%
Michele Bachmann 1657 0.20%
Rick Perry 1650 0.20%
Buddy Roemer 1088 0.10%
Gary Johnson 723 0.10%

Idaho Results

Mitt Romney 5326 76.30%
Ron Paul 813 11.60%
Rick Santorum 623 8.90%
Newt Gingrich 214 3.10%
Buddy Roemer 5 0.10%

Virginia Results

Mitt Romney 157127 59.50%
Ron Paul 107120 40.50%

Vermont Results

Mitt Romney 17407 40.30%
Ron Paul 10836 25.10%
Rick Santorum 10089 23.40%
Newt Gingrich 3568 8.30%
Jon Huntsman 877 2.00%
Rick Perry 375 0.90%
Mitt Romney still can’t close the deal with conservatives, and with virtually no money or organization, Rick Santorum wins a majority of counties in rust belt Ohio.  Tonight has been very exciting. Still looking for results in Alaska to report.  Santorum continues to confound expectations and will likely be in this thing for the long haul even though there is probably no path to win the nomination this year.  As much as his extremism scares me, I continue to pull for him.  I would like nothing better than for Santorum to win the Republican Nomination because President Obama would win in a landslide.