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March 21, 2012

Romney Routs Santorum in Illinois 
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Mitt Romney has scored a lopsided victory in the Republican primary in
Illinois, beating out top rival Rick Santorum. Romney addressed
supporters near Chicago while Santorum spoke in Pennsylvania
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bq. Mitt Romney: "I appreciate their unwavering support through good
times and bad, and tonight we thank the people of Illinois for their
vote and for this extraordinary victory. Thank you so much. And you know
elections are about choices and today hundreds of thousands of people in
Illinois have joined millions of people across the country to join our
cause."

Rick Santorum: "I just want to thank all of the folks in Illinois. If
you look at what's going to happen tonight, we're going to win
downstate, we're going to win central Illinois, we're going to win
western Illinois. We won the areas that conservatives and Republicans
populate and we're very happy about that. We're happy about the
delegates we're going to get too."



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