Santorum Holding Onto Ohio Lead

The latest Ohio Republican presidential race poll shows Rick Santorum holding onto his lead. The Quinnipiac University poll released Monday indicates the former Pennsylvania senator is running ahead of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 36 percent to 29 percent among likely primary voters. That's unchanged from a poll released Feb. 15. But the poll also found that 45 percent said they might change their minds by March 6. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich was third at 17 percent, with Texas Rep. Ron Paul at 11 percent. The Feb. 23-26 telephone survey interviewed 847 likely Republican voters, with a margin of error of 3.4 points. Santorum led Romney among men, self-identified conservatives and tea party voters. They ran nearly evenly among women, with self-identified moderates preferring Romney.