Mitt Romney had, arguably, his best night Tuesday, claiming Vermont, Massachusetts, Ohio, Alaska, Virginia, and Idaho.
Romney will argue that the states and delegates he claimed on Tuesday allowed him to all but lock up his seat for the Republican Candidate for Presidency.
Romney has 404 delegates, compared to 165 for Rick Santorum, 106 for Newt Gingrich, and 66 for Ron Paul.
To claim a nomination a candidate must have 1,144 delegates, which all candidates are far from reaching at this time.
Rick Santorum claimed South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Tennessee on Tuesday while Newt Gingrich claimed only Georgia. Unfortunately for Ron Paul, he was not able to capture any of the 10 states up for grabs on Tuesday.
Santorum and Gingrich both claim they are closer than Romney will admit. The next few states, Kansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Hawaii, can all change the face of the race.
The one dilemma for these candidates is that many of the big states have already been claimed, so instead of it taking one state to tighten the race back up, it will now take many smaller states to narrow the margin.
Gingrich may not have won Alaska, but according to a recent interview on the Fox Business Network, Sarah Palin revealed she voted for Newt Gingrich.
Palin said that Gingrich is “the preferred presidential candidate in this area.”
Vermont voted for Romney, who tallied 40 percent of all the votes. Ron Paul had 25 percent, Santorum had 24 percent, and Gingrich had 11 percent.
As for here in Lyndonville, it was a different story. According to CNN, Romney claimed 40 percent of the votes, Ron Paul had 29 percent, Rick Santorum 23 percent, and Newt Gingrich rounded up the field with 8 percent.
Nearby, St. Johnsbury was the same story. Mitt Romney had 40 percent of the vote, with Paul at 26 percent, Santorum at 25 percent, and Newt Gingrich at 9 percent.