Primary Results 2012: Alabama, Mississippi & Hawaii's Winners & Losers

The four remaining Republican presidential candidates competed in nominating contests in Alabama, Mississippi and Hawaii on Tuesday, with 101 delegates up for grabs.

Both the Alabama and Mississippi primaries proved to be the night's most interesting. Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum were in a virtual dead heat leading up to Tuesday, with Ron Paul trailing his rivals. For Romney, the primaries were a chance to prove he could appeal to southern voters. For Gingrich and Santorum, Tuesday was another round in their ongoing battle to be the contest's most conservative candidate.

Although the Hawaii caucus was almost entirely overshadowed by the primaries in the South, there was at least one candidate who had high hopes for the Aloha State's 17 delegates. Paul, the only remaining candidate who had yet to claim a win, hoped to put an end to his long string of losses with a victory in the Pacific.

Here's a look at the night's biggest winners and losers.

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[DougSmith]

03:01 PM on 03/17/2012

Whoever wins in Alabama and Mississippi should never be allowed to become POTUS.

[drwtsn]

05:02 PM on 03/14/2012

HuffPo forgot one. Winner: Ronnie Paul, Elizabeth Santorum and Matt Romney.

Who, in their right mind, wouldn't rather be in Hawaii than in Alabama or Mississippi.

[Json]

03:24 PM on 03/14/2012

Romney got third behind Gingrich in MS and AL??
Now Gingrich will never drop out! Brokered convention, here we come...

[thejazz]

01:57 PM on 03/14/2012

You are kidding about Hawaii right? Very few rednecks, They have teeth, great weather, big waves, half decent health care, and beaches. I think they win.

[practiceempathy]

01:21 PM on 03/14/2012

America's fascination with Palin continued this past weekend, when HBO's "Game Change" aired to much media fanfare. Although Palin derided the movie, many reviewers said the film's depiction of the would-be-VP cast her in a rather sympathetic light.

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I watched Game Change for ONE reason: Ms. Julianne Moore.

In fact, I went into the viewing with very mixed emotions. I adore Ms. Moore as an actress, as she always guarantees a smart, mesmerizing performance, but I cannot stomach Sarah Palin.

I must admit, though, I am indeed fascinated with the latter's raw nerve, not to mention her profound ignorance and incessantly stunning shallowness.

Mr. Schmidt, why we oughta!

[boomcat44]

12:36 PM on 03/14/2012

Seems to me that the GOP was the biggest loser last night, again.
There's a war going on within the party, with the far-right trying to get complete and total control, kicking out and/or eradicating every remaining rational, moderate Republican.
The Gathering Of the Pure, wants to make sure that it is exactly just that.
As a Democrat, I'm more than happy to let Rick Santorum or Newt Gingrich become the GOP flag-bearer. Their views are just too extreme and should be rejected by the voters in Nov.
Mitt Romney has been dragged so far to the right, that there's almost no-way he can find his way back to the middle, without looking and sounding even more ridiculous than he does now.
But,.....nothing is written in stone.
I would suggest to my fellow Democrats, Liberals, Progressives, Moderates and Conservatives, that the outcome of the 2012 election, will depend on us. If we stay home, if we refuse to support the President because we didn't get 100% of everything we wanted, or because of a single issue that has not been resolved to our liking, we very well COULD be looking at a Santorum Presidency, as improbable as that may seem.
We MUST get out the vote.

[summerwind08234]

12:35 PM on 03/14/2012

That is a good pic of Sarah on that main page.

[demisfine]

12:19 PM on 03/14/2012

Americans will not genuflect to their President, nor will we willingly allow him into our bedrooms.
Rick may enjoy a brief delusional moment as the frontrunner, but he will never reside in the WH.

[demisfine]

12:17 PM on 03/14/2012

Hawaii never loses.

[birdlives2010]

12:15 PM on 03/14/2012

97% of the people who voted in last nights Mississippi Repub primary were white. This in a state where 49% of the population is African-American. That tells you all you need to know about the GOP.

[hewdewyou]

12:02 PM on 03/14/2012

She is so adorable. I think she's really attractive.

[Jawbey]

11:57 AM on 03/14/2012

SO!

[steadyon51]

11:47 AM on 03/14/2012

I was going to say, I didn't know this airhead was running for anything.

[sdesign]

11:42 AM on 03/14/2012

If the Evangelicals get their dream of turning the USA into a Theocracy, just wait till the hammer comes down on other religions. It will get very ugly.

[kingpin2011]

11:40 AM on 03/14/2012

Down south in the sticks, the Southern Christians like to burn crosses on people's lawn. Is that they're way of saying, "Welcome to the neighborhood?"