Romney Wins Florida GOP Primary; Area Republican Reacts
Mitt Romney earns a convincing victory over Newt Gingrich and other Republican nominees in Florida's Presidential Preference Primary.
Mitt Romney won the Florida Presidential Preference Primary on Tuesday, earning the state's 50 delegates and distancing himself from Newt Gingrich as the Republican frontrunner 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 46 percent of the vote to 31 percent for Gingrich after returns from 99 percent of the polls were in. Rick Santorum had 13 percent, and Ron Paul 7 percent. "Florida, you're the best," a victorious Romney told a crowd gathered at his primary night celebration at the downtown Tampa Convention Center. Attorney and Brandon High graduate Clif Curry, a former president of the Greater …
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Lisa Cunningham
1:55 pm on Wednesday, February 1, 2012
It seems that a whole lot of people believed Romney's negative ads against Gingrich. I, on the other hand, like to vote against a candidate who has to relie on lies and nasty ads to win. Romney isn't conservative enough to appeal to the party's right wing but perhaps he can persuade the independent voters. The fall election will hinge on them. more ›