Illinois primary

• With 61% of 10,448 precincts reporting, Romney had a commanding lead with 48% of the vote to 34% for Santorum. Ron Paul had 9%, while Newt Gingrich was lagging with 8%.
(USA Today)
• Mitt Romney scored a decisive victory over Rick Santorum in the Illinois primary on Tuesday, tightening his grip on the Republican front-runners slot and improving his chances of locking up the nomination by the end of the presidential primary season in June.
(msnbc.com)
• We live blogged the election results from Illinois, where Mitt Romney easily defeated Rick Santorum in the GOP presidential primary. Romney, the GOP-frontrunner, widened his lead over Santorum in convention delegates.
(USA Today)
• CHICAGO - Longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois has handily won the Democratic nomination against former Congressman Debbie Halvorson.
(Minneapolis Star Tribune)
• Mitt Romney easily won the Republican presidential primary in Illinois on Tuesday night, padding his already-formidable lead over chief rival Rick Santorum.
(RealClearPolitics)
• In most years, presidential nominations are settled long before the Illinois primary, but Santorums recent string of victories elsewhere made the home state of President Barack Obama relevant in the GOP contest.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• CHICAGO — Illinois voters casting ballots in Tuesday's primary election will determine the matchup for the state's only open seat for the U.S.
(Washington Times)
• Even if Rick Santorum won the presidential preference vote in Tuesdays Illinois Republican primary -- and polls indicate that its actually Mitt Romney who is the favorite -- he still could lose out in the delegate race.
(Los Angeles Times)
• Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul were locked in a close race for third place in the Illinois GOP primary Tuesday night as Mitt Romney was declared the winner.
(Los Angeles Times)