2012 Election Central

Money talks in politics and that is especially true on the presidential campaign trail where the dollars flow like a fire hydrant covering expenses all across the country. Following the Wisconsin loss, Santorum says the donations dried up and they wanted to avoid going into deep debt to carry on.

Report from CBS News:

When Rick Santorum . . . → Read More: Santorum left the race due to lack of funds

Rick Santorum will apparently end his campaign for the presidency effective today. The announcement will be made this afternoon from Gettysburg, PA.

Report from CBS News:

Rick Santorum is poised to suspend his bid for the presidency on Tuesday, removing the last significant obstacle in Mitt Romney's now all-but-certain march to the Republican presidential nomination.

Santorum will make . . . → Read More: Report: Rick Santorum to Suspend Campaign

It appears that Newt Gingrich is now referring to his campaign in the past tense and is essentially positioning himself to move from candidate to supporter. Gingrich has recently acknowledged his campaign is over $4 million in debt and is running on little to no budget.

Report from Fox News:

Newt Gingrich acknowledged Sunday that his campaign . . . → Read More: Is Gingrich on the way out? (Update) Maybe not?

Mitt Romney won three contests on Tuesday padding his delegate numbers and dealing a blow to Rick Santorum. While Santorum was not on the ballot in DC, the race in Wisconsin was the one to watch and it went easily for Romney early in the evening. Maryland went for Romney as expected.

Report from WTOP:

Mitt Romney . . . → Read More: Romney sweeps – wins DC, Maryland and Wisconsin

Republicans in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Wisconsin will cast their ballots today for the GOP nomination. Polls show the closest race should be Wisconisn where Rick Santorum is within 10 points of Romney in most polls.

Report from USAToday:

WAUKESHA, Wis. – Primary voters here will either help solidify Mitt Romney's grip on the Republican . . . → Read More: DC, Maryland and Wisconsin vote today

Rick Santorum won the Louisiana primary on Saturday giving him a much needed boost following a stinging loss in the Illinois primary to Mitt Romney.

Results for Louisiana Republican Primary (U.S. Presidential Primary)

Mar 24, 2012 (100% of precincts reporting)

Rick Santorum
91,305
49%

Mitt Romney
49,749
26.7%

Newt Gingrich
29,655
15.9%

Ron Paul
11,460
6.1%

Other
4,208
2.3%

Report from WTVQ:

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Rick Santorum is vowing to press forward with his presidential bid . . . → Read More: Santorum wins Louisiana primary

Mitt Romney easily won the Illinois Republican Primary on Tuesday adding to his delegate lead and dealing a setback to the Santorum campaign hoping to build on recent momentum.

Results for Illinois Republican Primary (U.S. Presidential Primary)

Mar 20, 2012 (>99% of precincts reporting)

Mitt Romney
429,533
46.7%

Rick Santorum
322,423
35%

Ron Paul
85,747
9.3%

Newt Gingrich
73,246
8%

Other
9,175
1%

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Report from CBS News:

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney cruised . . . → Read More: Romney wins Illinois primary

Aside from Missouri on Saturday, this weekend also gave us the Puerto Rico GOP primary on Sunday which was handily won by Mitt Romney with over 80% of the vote.

Puerto Rico Republican primary, March 18 2012

Candidate
Votes
Percentage

Mitt Romney
98,375
82.88%

Rick Santorum
9,524
8.02%

Buddy Roemer
2,622
2.21%

Others
2,590
2.18%

Newt Gingrich
2,431
2.05%

Fred Karger
1,702
1.43%

Ron Paul
1,452
1.22%

Report from the Washington Post:

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney won Puerto Rico’s Republican primary . . . → Read More: Romney wins Puerto Rico GOP primary