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Posted: February 9, 2008 10:11 PM
Huckabee Easily Triumphs in Kansas Caucuses
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee cruised to victory in the Kansas caucuses on Saturday afternoon, according to the Associated Press and news networks.

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Huckabee had more than double the votes of GOP front-runner John McCain to win 36 delegates in Saturday’s first contest.

Earlier on Saturday, Huckabee told the Conservative Political Action Conference meeting in Washington, D.C., that he was not dropping out of the race, even though he trails the Arizona senator by about 500 delegates.

“I didn’t major in math,” Huckabee said, according to the Associated Press. “I majored in miracles, and I still believe in them.”

“There are only a few states that have voted - 27 have not,” he added. “People in those 27 states deserve more than a coronation, they deserve an election.”

Huckabee later vowed that he would not drop out until McCain has the 1,191 delegates to officially win the GOP nomination.

“I won’t drop out until at least that happens, then we’ll see,” he said.

To continue, Huckabee will need plenty of voters like Jill Sizelove, a 32-year-old event planner from Virginia, who was carrying a Huckabee banner at his speech.

“He really spoke to my heart, his passion and his honesty,” she said to McClatchy’s David Goldstein. “He unabashedly was standing for families and the right to life.”

In Kansas, Republican officials reported heavy turnouts in the Kansas City suburb of Johnson County, but said the showing in the rest of the state met expectations, the Kansas City Star reported.

Louisiana and Washington state hold Saturday’s other GOP contests.

On Tuesday, Huckabee’s ability to slow McCain’s campaign will be tested in Virginia, which has a large number of social conservative voters.