Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and his wife Ann, talk to reporters on his campaign plane before taking off for Boston, in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)BOB LEWIS,AP Political Writer
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Mitt Romney has easily won a poor turnout election in Virginia.
Old Dominion Republicans could choose only between the former Massachusetts governor and Texas Congressman Ron Paul, whose libertarian streak has earned him a dedicated but small following. Former Sen. Rick Santorum and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich both failed to make Virginia’s ballot.
Forty-six of the state’s 49 delegates were at stake in a race that generated little energy among the state’s Republicans.