Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum has taken a big lead in the early results in from the Missouri Republican presidential primary — with 20 of precincts percent in, Santorum has a 55 percent majority in the votes counted so far. National GOP frontrunner former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is second with over 28 percent, and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) has about 12.
The Missouri primary won’t award any delgates, which will be awarded in a state caucus in March. But the results show that Romney still has a lot to do in terms of bringing together the Republican vote — with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich failing to make the ballot, many GOP voters didn’t coalesce around Romney, insted opting for an alternative in Santorum.
Watch the results roll in here.
