CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 1 (UPI) -- White House presidential hopeful Mitt Romney beat Rick Santorum in the Wyoming Republican caucuses, the state's Republican Party said.
The final results from the caucuses, held over three weeks starting Feb. 11 and ending Wednesday night, give the former Massachusetts governor 39 percent of the vote, compared with 32 percent for the former senator from Pennsylvania.
Rep. Ron Paul of Texas garnered 21 percent in the straw poll and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich got 8 percent, the party said.
Slightly more than 2,100 people voted in the straw-poll portion of the caucuses. Wyoming has the nation's smallest population, with just over a half-million residents.
As in Iowa, Colorado and Minnesota, the straw poll has no direct bearing on how the state's 29 delegates will be awarded. They are to be determined at county conventions next week, and statewide delegates will be selected at the state GOP convention in April.
But CNN projected Romney would pick up 10 delegates, Santorum would take nine, Paul would receive six and Gingrich one. Minor candidates would get the remaining three.
The Wyoming caucuses mark Romney's third victory this week, after winning Arizona and Michigan Tuesday.
But Romney and Santorum will evenly divide Michigan's 30 delegates.
Voters next head to the polls in Washington Saturday and in 10 more states on Super Tuesday March 6.
