Mitt Romney received 47% of the vote and won the Illinois Republican Presidential primary. Rick Santorum finished second with 35%, Ron Paul was third with 9%, and Newt Gingrich came in fourth with 8%. There were 54 delegates at stake in the Republican primary and Romney won at least 41 delegates. The next contest is in Louisiana on March 24th.
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Jim Sutliff