Romney Takes RI; Moves Closer to Nomination
Locally, Romney won with 64 percent of the vote.
Mitt Romney looked certain to continue his march toward a showdown with President Barack Obama, leading Rhode Island in Tuesday’s primary with 63 percent of the statewide vote. That was with 96 percent of districts reporting as of 10:15 p.m., according to Secretary of State Ralph Mollis's election results web page. Locally, Romney won the Middletown vote with 64 percent, or 181 of the votes. The former Massachusetts governor defeated Ron Paul, the closest challenger, who received 20.1 percent of the vote—57 votes total— in Middletown. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich checked in with 8.8 percent, or 25 votes, while Sen. Rick Santorum, whose name remained on the ballot despite his decision to back out of the race two weeks ago, captured 6.…
