Mitt Romney

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Paul Ryan, the powerful chairman of the House Budget Committee, is endorsing Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination. There had been speculation the Wisconsin Republican would fall into the Romney column, and Ryan did so Friday morning in an interview on Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends...

WEST MONROE, La. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is taking back his comment that the country might as well re-elect President Barack Obama if Mitt Romney wins the GOP nomination. Santorum emphasized Friday that he will support whoever wins the Republican primary...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney says he's "almost there" in his six-year pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination, having defeated Rick Santorum in the Illinois GOP primary. The GOP front-runner is urging Republicans in a campaign email sent after Tuesday's victory to fall in line behind his bid...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney picked up four delegates in the first round of Wyoming's Republican presidential caucuses — a county-run affair that runs through this week. Texas Rep. Ron Paul won the fifth delegate up for grabs on Tuesday ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are trying to make the most of a mixed Super Tuesday, each claiming a measure of victory but unable to settle the most tumultuous race for the GOP presidential nomination in decades. Romney narrowly won in pivotal Ohio, seized a home-state victory in Massachusetts, triumphed in Idaho, Vermont and Alaska, and won easily in Virginia — where neither San

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Mitt Romney is trying to turn attention back to the economy -- instead of social conservative issues -- after the uproar last week over Rush Limbaugh's comments about the college student who testified to Congress about contraception...

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says Mitt Romney has failed to "close the deal" with voters and suggests the GOP nomination might be decided at this year's Republican National Convention. Romney leads in the delegate count heading into this week's Super Tuesday primaries, but Santorum says Romney isn't winning convincingly despite a huge financi

With Sweetwater County now in, the Wyoming Republicans have completed their state-wide straw poll. Mitt Romney was the front runner with just under 39%, Rick Santorum in second with almost 32%, Ron Paul came in third and Newt Gingrich a distant fourth...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Mitt Romney has won a nonbinding vote of Republican activists who turned out for precinct caucuses across Wyoming during the past two weeks. The former Massachusetts governor was the favorite of 39 percent of the 2,108 caucus goers, while former Pennsylvania Sen...

Natrona County had their straw poll last night in conjunction with their precinct caucuses. At the end of the evening Rick Santorum was the front runner followed by Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich. With the results of the Natrona County Republicans straw poll in, the GOP only needs five more counties to finish their polling to complete their overall count...