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Rick Santorum Wins Oklahoma

Former Pennsylvania Senator and GOP candidate Rick Santorum has won Oklahoma. Before the polls closed in the Sooner State, Santorum was projected to win by a landslide. Santorum spent a lot of time in Oklahoma, squeezing out Newt Gingrich as the only real competitor in the final weeks before Super Tuesday. Santorum will pick up 43 of 437 delegates with this win. CNN exit polling shows Santorum picked up 38 percent of the vote with Romney following with 25 percent. Gingrich received 24 percent of Oklahoma support and Ron Paul raked in 12 percent.