SALEM, Ore. — Mitt Romney added two more states to his win column on Tuesday night.
Nebraska and Oregon Republicans, as expected, made clear their preference for the GOP nomination by choosing Romney in Tuesday’s presidential primaries.
In Nebraska, the vote amounted to a beauty contest. The state’s 32 delegates to the Republican National Convention later this year will be determined at the state convention on July 14.
Oregon has 25 presidential delegates up for grabs and most if not all are going to Romney.
Romney has all but clinched the nomination, and is well on his way to winning the 1,144 delegates needed to get the party nod.
However, the most important races on Tuesday were the primaries for a U.S. Senate seat in Nebraska, where a tea party-backed Republican lawmaker will square off against former Sen. Bob Kerrey this fall.
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In Tuesday’s Republican primary, state Sen. Deb Fischer rode a wave of discontent with the GOP establishment to best Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, the preferred candidate of Washington, D.C.-based Republicans, and Treasurer Don Stenberg in a race that drew national attention from outside groups in its final, unpredictable weeks.
The outcome underscored years-old divisions within the GOP, and set the stage for a competitive general election race that could determine the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.
Read more in Wednesday’s Arizona Daily Star and StarNet.
