For those of you in need of an early Super Tuesday fix, it appears that Mike Huckabee has won the Republican caucuses in West Virginia. My understanding is that on the first round of voting, Romney had a decent lead but not enough to win, Huckabee was in second place, and McCain didn’t stay in contention. McCain had instructed his supporters to throw their support to Huckabee, and that apparently put Huckabee over the top.
At the first go round, Romney had 464 vote, Huckabee 375, McCain 176, Paul 118. Second ballot wound up Huckabee 567, Romney 521, McCain 12. It is a winner take all state, so Huckabee gets all 18 delegates with 51.6% of the vote to Romney’s 47.4%.
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