Santorum Wins Kansas; Romney Still Leads
March 12, 2012
Rick Santorum decisively won the Kansas caucuses on Saturday, March 10, picking up at least 33 delegates in the race for the 2012 Republican nonimation for president of the United States. With 51 percent of the vote, the former senator from Pennsylvania handily outdistanced rivals Mitt Romney, at 21 percent; Newt Gingrich, at 14 percent; and Ron Paul, at 12 percent.
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum. U.S. Senate
Despite his win, however, Santorum continued to trail far behind Romney in the delegate count. On Saturday, Romney won 6 delegates in the Wyoming caucuses as well as 25 delegates from Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands, bringing his delegate total to 377, according to NBC News. With 146 delegates, Santorum leads Gingrich, who has 112, and Paul, who has 31. Romney himself was still far short of the 1,144 delegates needed to win the nomination and go on to challenge President Barack Obama in the November election.
