FOX Projects Romney Wins Florida Primary, Gingrich 2nd

Fox News projects that Mitt Romney will triumph in the Sunshine State, taking all 50 of Florida’s delegates. It’s a winner-take-all state and Romney has won it all.

FOX News Radio’s Jennifer Keiper and Eben Brown report from America’s Election Headquarters:

At this time, Fox News can also project that Rick Santorum will place third in Florida, marking yet another disappointing finish for the former Pennsylvania Senator. Santorum was eventually ruled the winner in the narrow Iowa caucus vote, the first GOP contest, yet never got the benefit of much forward momentum.  He was already in Nevada on Tuesday, ramping up his campaign for Saturday’s caucus.

Finally, Fox News projects that Ron Paul, who did very little campaigning in Florida, will place fourth. Paul has vowed to continue to amass delegates until the Republican National Convention, set for the end of August in Tampa.  He also spent Tuesday in Nevada.

With the awarding of Florida’s 50 delegates, Romney will have 87 delegates nationally, compared to 26 for Gingrich. Santorum will remain at 14 delegates and Paul stands with four. It takes 1,144 delegates to clinch the Republican nomination.