In a surprising change in the race for the Republican candidacy, Rick Santorum won the Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado caucuses. In an unsurprising continuation of lacking coverage, Philly.com did little reporting on Tuesday night. 

Most news from the elections that Philly.com did report came from the AP wire.  However, Philly.com did tweet some updates. 

The Missouri win means virtually nothing, as it will not give Santorum any delegates. The wins in the other two states, however, means Santorum now has 70 delegates. Santorum was overjoyed during a speech to supporters in St. Joseph, Mo., saying "Conservatism is alive and well in Missouri and Minnesota!"

These are the first wins for Santorum since he narrowly won the Iowa caucus, a decision made after-the-fact. Mitt Romney, the Republican front-runner, was dropped to third in Minnesota, raising questions about his campaign. While running in 2008, Romney won both Minnesota and Colorado. 

Undoubtedly, these wins mean for a much more intense race between the four candidates as the campaign continues. 

After losing to Newt Gingrich in the South Carolina primary, Mitt Romney came back strong in Florida, winning 47 percent of the vote. Gingrich, on the other hand, only got 27 percent of the vote, a disappointing showing for the former Speaker of the House. 

Philly.com did a much better job of covering this race than the South Carolina race, even sending political reporter Thomas Fitzgerald to the Sunshine State. Without live tweeting, however, there was a bit of a delay in the exit polls report. Philly.com also covered the standard AP wire stories and had a few blog posts on the race. 

According to Fitzgerald, Romney won "virtually every voter group, except those who describe themselves as 'very conservative.'" Gingrich's concession speech did not sound like he had given up. "We are going to contest every place, and we are going to win," 
he said. 

An especially helpful website while learning about the results of the race is Politico's 2012 section.