A Puerto Rico election official told the Associated Press Sunday that Mitt Romney won the territory's Republican presidential primary. But it remains unclear how big Romney's win over Rick Santorum will be--and if it will be enough to secure all of the territory's 20 delegates up for grabs.
With 21 percent of precincts reporting, Romney led with 83 percent of the vote, compared to Santorum's 8 percent. Newt Gingrich trailed with just 2 percent, followed by Ron Paul at 1 percent. If Romney wins with more than 50 percent of the vote, he would take the entire slate of delegates—further increasing his delegate advantage over Santorum, who, with just 239 delegates, has less than half the delegates Romney has amassed so far.
But Santorum, coming off wins last week in Mississippi and Alabama, tried to make a last-minute play for delegates in the territory. He campaigned on the island Wednesday and Thursday. During the trip, he stirred up controversy by telling a local newspaper that if Puerto Rico votes in favor of U.S. statehood—an issue that will be on the ballot in November—the territory would have to adopt English as its official language. Santorum later said his remarks were misinterpreted.....snip~
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Did Santorum think that his remarks being misinterpreted means anything? I think he shot himself in the foot here. Neither Gingrich and Paul fared well at all.