Santorum Wins Richfield, Three States

Rick Santorum ended GOP front-runner Mitt Romney's winning streak Tuesday night, sweeping Minnesota and Colorado caucuses as well as Missouri's nonbinding primary.

Locally, , while Ron Paul garnered 81, Romney 52 and Newt Gingrich 22. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin also received two write-in votes. State-wide, Santorum took 45 percent of the vote to 27 percent for Paul, 17 percent for Romney and 11 percent for Gingrich, with 88 percent of the total counted, according to a CNN article.

as Public Policy Polling had recently reported Santorum with a small 2 percent edge over Romney, with all candidates in the running for a win.

While Romney, the Minnesota favorite in the 2008, seemed to be Santorum's biggest state-wide competition going into Tuesday night's events, local caucus chair, .

All of Minnesota Patch was out and about at local caucuses Tuesday night broadcasting live. .

As more numbers roll in, stay tuned for more post-caucus coverage from Richfield Patch.