Romney takes 6 Super Tuesday states, Santorum nets 3
CBS News projects that Mitt Romney will win Ohio's key primary contest Tuesday, after a neck-and-neck race with rival Rick Santorum in the pivotal battleground state. Overall, Romney took six Super Tuesday states, compared to Santorum's three. - With more than 99 percent of precincts reporting in Ohio, Romney has 38 percent support to Santorum's 37 percent. Newt Gingrich is in third place with 15 percent and Ron Paul follows with 9 percent. Mitt Romney also won primaries in Virginia, Massachusetts and Vermont, as well as the Idaho and Alaska caucuses. Rick Santorum won primaries in Tennessee and Oklahoma, and the North Dakota caucuses. In Georgia, Gingrich clinched his first primary victory since South Carolina's January 21 primary contest. Ron Paul did not win any contests on Tuesday, but he did finish second in four states: Vermont, Idaho, North Dakota and Virginia. CBS News estimates show Romney now has a total of 361 delegates, Santorum has 112, Gingrich has 80 and Paul has 24.