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With 40.24%, 36,424 and mitt romney is second with 34.9% of the vote. 22,855 votes cast. newt gingrich comes in third with 12.81% of the vote, 8,390. and congressman ron paul at 11.77% of the vote, 7,708 votes cast. we have a total of about 65,489 votes with 99% of precincts reporting. >> okay, mr. chairman. it's definitive. he's the winner. just characterize the campaign there in colorado for me, if you could? i mean, the romney campaign going in seemed like it felt confident on the ground. did you see a shift in late days, towards rick santorum, besides today, obviously? >> caller: late days...

colorado. with 46% of the vote and santorum in the lead. 901 votes ahead of mitt romney. 31% to 30%. and ron paul in fourth with 13%. a lot to talk about in the hour ahead. we'll check in with santorum headquarters and the other camps as well. we'll hear from the candidate, from rick santorum himself. we'll talk to our panel about how much this changes the landscape and how significant a win for santorum or a close finish to romney in second place would mean for the former senator. let's take a look right now at some of the highlights from the candidate speeches from earlier tonight....

Nevada. the numbers are appointing to an enthusiasm gap who has been out there for some time among republicans. 89% of precincts reporting. there are still 11% that haven't reported. it's monday, romney took in just over 15,000 votes in the nevada caucuses. he had 15,000 total. romney won state in nevada with nearly 23,000 votes. a sign republicans are not so energized about his candidacy or this race in general. at least in nevada. looking at the meefious contest, the associated press reports turnout was strongest when people were supporting someone other than romney. in florida where romney ...

We should also point out the numbers that we're giving are not all of the precincts reporting. a little more than 70% of them are reporting at this hour. much of clark county, we do not know the results of, right now. and that is the most densely populated part of the state. and we are expecting those numbers to start trickling in later this morning. now, to speaker newt gingrich, he knew he was heading into n nevada with a disadvantage, mitt romney is wildly popular here, the former massachusetts governor won the state in '08 with 51% of the vote. and he knew that ron paul does well in caucus...

And we have an obligation to stand up for their values and concerns and reason they've got involved. >> you have an opportunity to stand up here in colorado and reset this race. to give us a chance. we're not going to win this election, if either of these two people are nominated let me assure we won't win. >> the question, how long can santorum stay in. he's finished third in every state since iowa and fourth place here, 45% of the precincts reporting. should he get out of this thing, maybe not. because look what he's going to do in missouri. he'll go against mitt romney, even though no deleg...