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THE GOP PRESIDEl\TIAL CA.MPAIGN:SUPER TUESDAY

Romney takes Ohio• Santorum falls short,but snags 3 other states

• Gingrich captures hishome turf inGeorgia

By JIM PROVANCEBLAOECOWMBUS BUREAUCHI.EF

COLUMBUS - In a nail-biter, Mill Romney barelysnatched the critical battle-ground state of Ohio awayfrom main rival Rick Santo-rum on super tuesday,

Early this morning the As·sociated Press and CNN callecthe Ohio contest for Mr. Rom-ney.The former Massachusetts

governor's narrow victoryplus Mr. samcrum's failure tcfield a full slate of delegates irthe Buckeye State, me3J1S MrRomney woo the braggin]rights of the popular vote anca majority of the 63 delegatesOhio awarded on Tuesday,To get the GOP presidenua

nomination, the winner mUSIsurpass l,l44 delegates.ML Romney was doing

some delegate counting irBoston. Spea kiog before Ohiotbe biggest political prize 0:the night. had been called. Mr

See OHIO. Page s

(Results are unofficial).IMittRomney '\33.845 38%RickSantorum 425,363 37%

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Former Massachusetts Gov.Mitt Rornneyand h iswife, Ann, greet supporters as t heyarrive at their Super TuesdayrallyinBoston. Mr.Romney pJacedfirst in the GOP primary in the crfncal battleground state orObio.

NewtGingrich 15%166.876Ron Paul 105.918 9%96% of precincts reporting

TARTA

Perrysburgopts out ofbus service

9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Kaptur trounces KucinichWurzelbacher narrowly defeats Kraus for GOP nomination

~By TOM TROYBlADE POlITICS WAITEA

Democratic U.S. Rep. Mar-cy Kaplur of Toledo won herfirst primary election contestever Tuesday, defeating long-timecolJeague U.S. Rep. Den-nis Kucinich (D.. Cleveland)after each battled hard for afoothold in the newly re-mapped 9th CongressionalDistrict.

La the Republican nomina-tion contest between Samuel"Joe the Plumber" \Vurze~·bacher, of Springfield Town-ship. and Steven Kraus. a li-censed auctioneer. orHuron,unofficial results showed Mr.Vlurze]bache-f narrowlv win ..ningthe nomination ..

"1 wish 10 sav to rnv con-gressionatcolleague from theCleveland area, Dennis Ku ..cinich, I rhan khim verymuchfor his spirited campaign. Heworked very bard. He wantsto help our country 1001 andlknow he will find ways to do

By GABRLELLERUSSON&ADESTAFFV/RJreR

Perrysburg voters ap-proved a TA.RTA opt-ourreferendum Tuesdav, mak-ing it the first communityto leave the nine-member

(Resutts are unoffici,al)9th District: Demoerallcprimary.I MarcyKaptu,. 39,171 55%OennisKucinich 42%29,759GrahamVeysey 2.786 4%

(ReSIJltsate unofflciaqTART'" Ballot referendum(or the cHy to opt ou1 01thelocal transit service.lYes 2,715 57%No 2,On 43%

100% of precincts "'POrting

9th District: Republicanprimary.!SamuelWurzelbacher 15,008 51%

THEBlAD£.I'OAVEZAPOTOSKY StevenKrausU.S. Rep. Marcy Kaprur (D., Toledo) celebrates with sup-

porters at the Laborers Local500 Hall in Toledo.

14.148 49%

100% of precincts reporting

transit agency.1 think we did a good

thing tonight; said Perrys-burg Councilman J. ToddGrayson. who advocatedleaving TARTA. '1thinldt'sImportant we severed a

"the jobs Democrat,"She easily carried Lucas

Counry.herhome.byawhop-ping 22.269 votes to tile 870votes garnered by Mr. Ku-clnich. Miss Kaprur rackedup wins in Erie County, by1f,4()5 VOtes,Onawa County.

by l.522 voces. andLorairCounty, by 404 votes. offset.ring a commanding lead 0:15.167 votes held by Mr. KII'cinich m Cuyaboga Counrv,

Left relatlvelv in the dus:despite a spunk)' campalgr

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thai," Miss Kaptur said tosupporters Tuesday rught,

Miss Kapturtouted her el-evated seniority position asthe incoming top-rankingDemocrat on the powerfulHouse Appropriations Corn-mtuee, and labeled herselfSee TAATA. Page 7

President blasts GOP criticsof diplomatic path with Iran

.NEW YORK TIMES

President Obama says Republican presidential candi-dates are 'beatlngtbe drums of war.'

NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON - Presi-dent Obama on Tuesdav re-buked' Republicans 00' thepresidential campaign nailand in Congress for "beatingthe drums of war" in criticiz-ing bis efforts to find a dlplo-matte solnuon to the crisisover Iran's nuclear program,underscoring how the nation-al security issue had entered

Public Affairs Com mittee, tilits annual conference.

J\t the gathering, nepubn-call presidential candidate,Rick Samcrum and Mlu Rom-ney assailed Mr. Obama's ror~eign policy as ineffective nneweak in their appeals to tilepro- Israel lobbying group .The Senate Republicar.

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into the elecrion-vear debate.Mr. Obama made the com-

ments. in which be suggestedwithout naming Iraq that theUolted States only recentlybad gone to war "wrapped upin politics," in a televised newsconference. The \Vhile Housescheduled it 00 a day whenleading Republicans were ad-dressinga pro-Israel lobbyinggroup. the American Israel

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