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Santorum opens lead over Romney, poll finds

By Shira Schoenberg

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  February 21, 2012

A new Gallup tracking poll has former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum up by 10 points nationally over Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential race. The poll, conducted Feb. 15-19, shows the enormous strides Santorum has made over the past several weeks. After upset victories in Minnesota, Colorado, and Missouri, conservative voters appear to be coalescing around Santorum as a more conservative alternative to Romney. The Gallup poll, released today, finds Santorum in the lead with 36 percent of the vote, followed by 26 percent for Romney.

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