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+15: Romney widens lead over Gingrich in Florida

by: Domenico Montanaro
Sunday, January 29, 2012
+15: Romney widens lead over Gingrich in Florida
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at Eastern Ship Building in Pensacola, Fla., on Saturday, Jan. 28. Photo Credit:AP/Charles Dharapak
Mitt Romney may be on his way to a decisive victory in the Florida GOP primary Tuesday, according to a new NBC/Marist poll.

Romney leads Newt Gingrich by 15 points, 42 percent to 27 percent in the crucial state. Rick Santorum is third with 16 percent, followed by Ron Paul with 11 percent. Just 4 percent said they were undecided.

"The bottom line in all this is Romney's sitting in the driver's seat going into Tuesday," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion at Marist College, who conducted the poll.

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