Romney Wins Massachusetts and Boston in GOP Presidential Primary

Former Gov. Mitt Romney, as expected, won the Bay State's GOP presidential primary, according to several media outlets. In Boston he blew away his competition, taking 69 percent of votes.

CNN, NBC and the Associated Press all called Romney the winner statewide shortly after polls closed at 8 p.m. His prize: The highest share of the state's 41 delegates to the Republican National Convention in Tampa.

Massachusetts will allocate delegates on a proportional basis, according to Huffington Post. Candidates with at least 15 percent of the vote get a share of the delegates that roughly matches his percentage of the vote.

Romney voted in Belmont earlier today, where he and his wife Ann are longtime residents. Our sister Patch in Belmont has after voting.

Unofficial Boston votes show Romney taking 69 percent of the 10,917 votes cast. Here are the full results:

Democrats overwhelmingly voted for President Barack Obama, who faced no opposition. Green/Rainbow Party voters chose former candidate for governor Dr. Jill Stein as their presidential primary winner.

Also on the ballot were slates of men and women for the state committees of the Republican, Democratic and Green/Rainbow parties. Those include Wards in JP like Wards 10, 11 and 19. We will be posting those results on Wednesday.