Republican race: Romney widens lead over Gingrich in Florida
White House hopeful Mitt Romney widened his lead over rival Newt Gingrich to 11 percentage points in Florida, according to Reuters/Ipsos online poll results on Saturday, up from 8 points a day earlier, as he cemented his front-runner status in the Republican nomination race.
With just three days remaining before Florida's Republican primary, Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, led Gingrich, a former speaker of the US House of Representatives, by 43% to 32% among likely voters in Florida's January 31 primary, the online poll said. (Reuters)
