Newt Gingrich: "We can rebuild the America that we love"
Newt Gingrich has
convincingly beaten Mitt Romney in South Carolina's primary election,
the latest leg in the battle to be the Republican candidate in
November's US presidential poll.
With 70% of the vote counted, Mr Gingrich had 40% to Mr Romney's 28%.Mr Romney was widely seen as the frontrunner, but the latest outcome is set to turn the race into a long, hard-fought campaign, correspondents say.
The South Carolina victor has won the nomination in each election since 1980.
Other Republican hopefuls, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum and Texas representative Ron Paul are trailing badly, with 18% and 13% respectively.
Knockout punch plea US networks called the vote in the former House speaker's favor shortly after polls closed at 19:00 local time on Saturday (00:00 GMT Sunday), as exit polls predicted a wide margin of victory for Mr Gingrich.
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