Results: AK, GA, ID, MA, ND, OH, OK, TN, VT, VA
6:29 PM PT (David Nir): The thing about this Santorum lead in Ohio is that the cities are reporting quite slowly, and if there's any "Romney country" in the Buckeye State, it's there. So that lead may yet evaporate.
6:31 PM PT (Jed Lewison): Santorum ranting about top-down government, railing against the individual mandate. Says he's the only candidate who has never supported the mandate, unlike Newt or Mitt.
6:31 PM PT (David Nir): Earlier tonight, I wondered if Newt might finish second in OK—which would mean Romney placing third. Well, don't look now, but Gingrich has taken a around a 500-vote lead over Romney for 2nd in the Sooner State. Both are tied at 27, with Santorum well ahead at 35 (and the state long since called for him).
6:32 PM PT (Jed Lewison): "I never passed a statewide government health care system when I was governor." Why not? "Well, because I wasn't governor." Then he hits Romney on the new reports that Romney encouraged Obama to adopt Romneycare at the national level.
6:33 PM PT (Jed Lewison): Santorum nearing Newt territory in terms of length of his speech. He's at about 17 minutes or so.
6:34 PM PT (Jed Lewison): Hahaha, Santorum, who once said Republicans shouldn't play class warfare, says he's the right candidate for the GOP because he grew up in a working class community like Steubenville.
6:35 PM PT (David Nir): OH-09: Now with 100% Erie, 46% Lorain, 24% Cuyahoga, 13% Lucas, 0% Ottawa... Dems: Kaptur 51, Kucinich 45, Veysey 4... Kraus 53, Joe the Wurzelbacher 47
6:35 PM PT (Jed Lewison): I think Rick really needs to be polite and let his mom sit down.
6:37 PM PT (Jed Lewison): I so want to see Mitt Romney speak after losing Ohio. So so so so much.
6:37 PM PT (David Nir): In OH-03 (D), Joyce Beatty has moved out to 38-35 lead over Mary Jo Kilroy, with about 36% reporting. Amusingly, state Rep. Ted Celeste, whose house was specifically placed into OH-03 by his pals in the legislature while Kilroy's was deliberately moved out, is in fourth place.
6:38 PM PT (David Nir): Santorum's now up 39-35 with 29% reporting. Just sayin'.
6:46 PM PT (David Jarman): Another update on the congressional districts in Ohio: Santorum is now leading in 6 of the 16 (the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, John Boehner's 8th, and the 12th... five of those are dark-red districts, while the 3rd is a Dem vote sink). Statewide, Santorum leads 39-35 (with Gingrich at 15 and Paul at 9), so Santorum and Romney are on track to split the statewide delegates in Ohio (unless they decide to throw out the rules like in Michigan and handing them out how they like). So even if Santo pulls out the narrow win, he might get slightly fewer delegates out of OH than Romney.