Grundy County vote results in Tuesday’s Presidential Primary mirrored those of the state, both of whom chose Republican Rick Santorum and Democrat Barack Obama as their top candidates.
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Santorum racked up 284 votes, far outdistancing second-place finisher Mitt Romney with 147. Other vote totals on the Republican side include Ron Paul, 104; Rick Perry, 6; Michele Bachmann, 3; Gary Johnson and Herman Cain, 2 each; Jon Huntsman, 1; Michael Meehan and Keith Dummond, 0; and uncommitted, 23.
Obama finished with 69 votes on the Democrat side. Other vote totals included Randall Terry, 5; Darcy Richardson and John Wolfe, 3 each; and uncommitted, 9. James Ogle III received 0 votes on the Libertarian Party and there were 2 uncommitted votes cast for the Constitution Party, which had no candidates listed.
A total of 664 persons voted in Grundy County, representing nearly 10.5 percent of the total registered voters.