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Newt Gingrich has won the Republican presidential primary in South
Carolina, beating favourite Mitt Romney and raising the possibility of a
lengthy campaign to choose the man who will challenge US President
Barack Obama in November.
Gingrich, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, took
roughly 40 per cent of the vote. His victory means that three different
candidates have won the first three contests in the state-by-state
Republican primary, reflecting a party electorate that has yet to make
up its mind.
Rick Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania, won the Iowa
caucuses on January 3, and Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts,
won the New Hampshire primary on January 10.
Speaking at a late-night victory rally in Greenville on Saturday,
Gingrich complimented his rivals before laying into Obama, whom he
called a "radical" who would transform the United States into a
European-style socialist state.
Carolina, beating favourite Mitt Romney and raising the possibility of a
lengthy campaign to choose the man who will challenge US President
Barack Obama in November.
Gingrich, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, took
roughly 40 per cent of the vote. His victory means that three different
candidates have won the first three contests in the state-by-state
Republican primary, reflecting a party electorate that has yet to make
up its mind.
Rick Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania, won the Iowa
caucuses on January 3, and Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts,
won the New Hampshire primary on January 10.
Speaking at a late-night victory rally in Greenville on Saturday,
Gingrich complimented his rivals before laying into Obama, whom he
called a "radical" who would transform the United States into a
European-style socialist state.