March 6 was Super Tuesday. A total of ten states gave out 410 bound delegates. Super Tuesday went very well for Mitt Romney. Before Tuesday he had a 127 delegate lead over second, Rick Santorum. Romney managed to nearly double his lead. He now has a 237 lead over Santorum. In terms of delegates, the candidates have begun to increase in distance. It used to be fairly close, but now most candidates have around a 100 delegate buffer between them and the person lower than them.
Mitt Romney: 454 Delegates (237 more than Santorum)
Rick Santorum: 217 Delegates (110 more than Gingrich, 237 less than Romney)
Newt Gingrich: 107 Delegates (60 more than Paul, 110 less than Santorum)
Ron Paul: 47 Delegates (60 less than Gingrich)
Sources:
http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/delegates
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/06/super-tuesday-results-2012_n_1316235.html
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