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Republican Primaries: Mitt Romney is projected winner in Puerto Rico

Santorum takes 8% after telling Puerto Ricans to speak English.

Puerto Rico votes to become the 51st US state

65 percent vote for statehood in first part of two-part referendum on a status change for the tropical territory.

Roberto Maldonado, 75, sells flags at a New Progressive Party rally where Mitt Romney was campaigning Friday on the North Side of the Capitol building in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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