Romney Wins Florida GOP Primary

Mitt Romney won the Florida Presidential Preference Primary on Tuesday, earning the state's 50 delegates and distancing himself from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich as the Republican front-runner for 2012.
The Associated Press projected Romney's commanding victory shortly after 8 p.m., when the final polls closed in Florida's Panhandle.
The former Massachusetts governor had taken more than 47 percent of the vote to 31 percent for Gingrich after returns from 38 percent of the polls were in.
In Sarasota County, the unofficial results show Romney with 51 percent, or 27,651 votes. Gingrich is second with 27 percent, or 14,810 votes. Rick Santorum is a distant third, with 13.75 percent, or 7,474 votes.
Here are Sarasota County’s unofficial results by the numbers:
Mitt Romney, 27,651
Newt Gingrich, 14,810
Rick

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