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Minnesota, Missouri, Colorado give Santorum wins

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 5:38 a.m.

Credit: AP
 Rick Santorum, addressing supporters Tuesday night in St. Charles, Mo., said he represents the “conservative alternative” not to Mitt Romney but to President Barack Obama.

A resurgent Rick Santorum won Minnesota’s Republican presidential caucuses with ease Tuesday night and was declared the victor in Colorado as well, raising fresh questions about front-runner Mitt Romney’s appeal among the ardent conservatives at the core of the party’s political base.

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