Yalobusha Voters Favor Gingrich

Gingrich

WATER VALLEY – Yalobusha voters slightly favored Newt Gingrich in last week’s primary that included four Republican candidates seeking their party’s nomination for president.
    The local vote tally showed Gingrich polled 18 more votes than Rick Santorum. Statewide, Republican voters cast approximately 85,000 ballots for Rick Santorum, the former U.S. senator. He narrowly finished ahead of Gingrich, who garnered approximately 80,700 votes.  
    Former governor Mitt Romney, who is considered the front-runner, finished third in the state with about 77,950 votes.
    Santorum, Gingrich and Romney split Mississippi’s delegate count while Ron Paul, the fourth-place finisher, won none. He got 11,342 votes statewide.
    Despite Santorum’s double wins in Mississippi and Alabama last week, Romney remains ahead in the delegate count. The former governor has 521 delegates compared to 253 for Santorum and 136 for Gingrich according to press reports.
    The candidates must win 1,144 delegates to clinch the GOP nomination.