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    March 03, 2012

Washington State Adds its Voice to Republican Race

   VOA News
   Bill Barnson, left, and others staffing precinct tables at a Washington
   state Republican caucus meeting in Washington
   Photo: AP/Ted S. Warren
   Bill Barnson, left, and others staffing precinct tables at a Washington
   state Republican caucus meeting, hold up signs showing precinct
   numbers, Saturday, March, 3, 2012, in Puyallup, Washington.

   Voters in Washington state are making their choice for the Republican
   party presidential nominee.
   The caucus in that western state Saturday comes ahead of the so-called
   "Super Tuesday" voting in 10 states that could determine who will face
   President Barack Obama, a Democrat, in November's election.
   In the latest national poll (Gallup), former Massachusetts governor
   Mitt Romney has 35 percent support, while former U.S. senator Rick
   Santorum has 24 percent. The other candidates, former House speaker
   Newt Gingrich and Texas Representative Ron Paul, trail with 15 percent
   and 11 percent, respectively.
   At stake in Washington are 40 delegates to the Republican national
   convention.

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