Saturday, January 21, 2012

South carolina election

  • For more 2012 campaign news, see ELECT.) Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina Republican presidential primary election, the Associated Press said, giving the former U.S.
  • (Businessweek)
  • cnnelections. yfrog.com/kjnhdwdj 7:35 p.m. ET - From Lexington County, South Carolina board of elections: Ballots are being dropped off in large boxes that are then carted into be counted by inmates from the Lexington County Department of Correction.
  • (CNN)
  • COLUMBIA, S.C. - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is leading Mitt Romney in the South Carolina Republican primary. Thats according to interviews with voters as they left the polls. The polls in the state have closed as of 7 p.m. EST.
  • (Philadelphia Daily News)
  • Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul may have little chance of winning the South Carolina primary, but that is not stopping him from seeking a third place finish.
  • (The State Column)
  • What is lost with all the candidates trooping through is that the primary also helped build the modern Republican Party in South Carolina. Until 2008, the party ran the primary using volunteers. Now it's the job of the State Election Commission.
  • (Detroit Free Press)
  • Here's Google's page for South Carolina election returns. Assuming Newt wins, the margin obviously matters in shaping the pre-Florida spin. If it's narrow, Romney will claim that Gingrich won only because SC is in his backyard.
  • (Hotair.com)
  • Several television networks — NBC News, Fox News and ABC News — are projecting that Gingrich will win the South Carolina primary. CNN has not yet called the election. The polls officially closed at 7 p.m. ET. No official tally has been announced.
  • (CNBC)
  • South Carolina is the third contest on the primary calendar and the first in the South. The winner of the primary has gone on to win the Republican nomination in every election since 1980.
  • (ClickOnDetroit.com)
  • South Carolina voters in Saturday's Republican presidential primary were focused on the economy and looking for a candidate who could defeat President Barack Obama in this fall's election, preliminary results from an exit poll of voters showed.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • But in the closing weeks of the South Carolina primary, Loftis said he was pleased to be "battling out for first.
  • (ABC News)

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