Mitt Romney gains another win in Puerto Rico

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney wins the Puerto Rico primary by a landslide, gaining the territory’s 20 GOP delegates. With about 83 percent of the total ballots accounted for early on Monday, Romney collected more than 98,000 votes, or 83 percent of the total, according to unofficial results obtained from local party and election officials. Rick Santorum came in second place with 9,500 votes, or 8 percent, Newt Gingrich took 2,431 votes, or 2 percent, and Ron Paul took 1,452 votes, or 1 percent.

“Those people who don’t think that Latinos will vote for a Republican need to take a look in Puerto Rico,” Romney told supporters, noting that the Puerto Rico’s governor and its legislative leaders are conservative. “Hispanic voters are going to vote for Republicans if we stand for something — conservative principles that bring growth and good jobs and rising home values. That’s how we’re going to win, and we’re going to get Latino voters to help us out,” Romney said. According to CNN’s latest delegate estimates, Romney has 518 delegates, Santorum 239, Gingrich 139, and Paul has 69. To gain the Republican presidential nomination, the candidate must acquire 1,144 delegates.