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Romney routs Santorum in GOP primary in Illinois

Mitt Romney

Front-runner Mitt Romney won the Illinois primary with ease Tuesday night, defeating Rick Santorum in yet another industrial state showdown and padding his already-formidable delegate lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

 

Illinois primary: Delegate rules favor Mitt Romney

Even if Rick Santorum won the presidential preference vote in Tuesday's Illinois Republican primary -- and polls indicate that it's actually Mitt Romney who is the favorite -- he still could lose out in the delegate race.

 

Romney leads in Illinois poll over Santorum

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney may be headed for an important victory in Illinois on Tuesday that would help him put more distance between himself and Rick Santorum, his chief rival for the Republican presidential nomination.

 

Romney looks to Illinois for Republican nomination

Mitt Romney has yet another chance this week to prove he is the inevitable Republican candidate.

 

Illinois primary could be Rick Santorum's big chance

Rick Santorum

The Republican presidential contest next week gives the conservative a shot at seizing the momentum from front-runner Mitt Romney, who leads him there by just 4 points.After a pair of pivotal Southern tests, the Republican presidential race has become a battle between Mitt Romney's grind-it-out delegate arithmetic and Rick Santorum's popular momentum.

 

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