Three states awarded delegates at conventions this weekend. Washington State gave Mr. Romney 34 delegates, Uncle Ron 5 delegates, and Mr. Santorum 1 delegate. Missouri awarded Mr. Romney 19 delegates and Mr. Santorum 6 delegates. Louisana assigned 23 delegates but those are officially designated as uncommitted by the state convention.
All in all, Mr. Romney added 53 delegates to his total, bringing his hard count up to 1133. When you factor in the unofficial commitments, his total jumps to 1168, meaning that he is now the official nominee. Louisana would probably have put him over the top in the hard count if preference were factored in so it cuts for him either way.
There are four primaries tomorrow and one state convention that will add to Mr. Romney's totals. However, all eyes will be glued to Wisconsin to see if Governor Walker is recalled and if not, what his margin of victory is. There will be much flapping by the talking heads in trying to parlay the results into some sort of trend regarding the Presidential election so that will dominate the news feeds for the next couple of days.
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