Romney Takes Oregon and Nebraska

Romney chats with voters.

We posted this report retroactive to the appropriate time and date. Unfortunately the story was placed in draft and not posted. On May 15, 2012, the primaries passed in Oregon and Nebraska without much fan fare. Mitt Romney was the designated winner of both primaries and picked up delegated moving him closer to his goal of winning enough total delegated to secure the Republican presidential nomination.

Nebraska (35 Delegates - advisory primary): Mitt Romney 70.9%; Rick Santorum 14%; Ron Paul 10%; Newt Gingrich 5.2%. Delegated To be Determined.

Oregon (28 Delegates - proportional primary): Mitt Romney 71.2%; Ron Paul 12.6%; Rick Santorum 9.4%; Newt Gingrich 5.4%; Write-in 1.4%. Romney received 18 delegates; Paul 3 delegates; Santorum 3 delegates; Gingrich 1 delegate and 3 delegates not assigned.

Romney now has 989 convention delegates. It takes 1,144 delegates to win the GOP nomination.

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