Huckabee Wins West Virginia

The first Super Tuesday results are in and Mike Huckabee is the winner in West Virginia.

On the second ballot at the West Virginia state GOP convention, Huckabee received 52% of the votes cast and will receive 18 of West Virginia's Republican delegates. The remaining 12 delegates will be allocated later; 9 during a May primary and 3 more are technically unpledged.

CBS News chief political consultant Marc Ambinder reports that John McCain called many of his representatives in West Virginia and asked them to vote for Huckabee, in order to thwart Mitt Romney on the second ballot.

The vote went to a second ballot after the first round didn't result in a majority for any of the four candidates: Huckabee, McCain, Romney and Ron Paul.

Huckabee's win is a blow to Romney, who felt he had a solid shot at winning West Virginia. Romney had this morning's trip to the state convention on his schedule for a few days and there was a feeling that an in-person visit would get him the needed 50% to win on the first ballot (Huckabee and Paul also spoke to the convention-goers today).

But Romney was unable get that win during the first voting and with a little help from John McCain in round 2, Huckabee took those 18 much needed delegates away from Romney.

It's now on to the remaining 20 Republican contests today; results will start trickling in at 7pm Eastern Time.