Tv » ‘Glitter Bomb’ Thug: Secret Service Apprehend Man At Romney Event. Primaries - State Results - Election Center 2012 - Elections & Politics. Santorum claims momentum with wins in three states. Behind the numbers: Romney's Tuesday disaster. As good as Rick Santorum’s night was Tuesday in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, Mitt Romney’s was that bad, and worse.
In all three states Mr. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, won fewer voters than he did in 2008, signaling that he hasn’t been able to hold onto those who turned out to pull the lever for him last time. In Minnesota in 2008 he won nearly 26,000 voters in the caucuses, while on Tuesday he won fewer than 10,000. Santorum stunner: Sweeps 3 GOP contests. DENVER -- It took one night for Rick Santorum to become a player again in the Republican presidential race.
The former Pennsylvania senator came out on top in the voting in all three contests Tuesday night, including an unexpected five-point victory in Colorado's caucuses. Santorum also won the Minnesota caucuses, by an 18-point margin, and he won by 30 points in the Missouri primary. Santorum moves on without any new delegates, but with plenty of momentum. For everyone who flat-out declared the GOP battle a two-man race between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, voters in three states Tuesday night said, "Not so fast. " Rick Santorum pulled off huge wins in Missouri, Minnesota and, incredibly, Colorado -- a state Romney was supposed to have locked up.