NBC News projects Rick Santorum the winner of the Alabama Republican presidential primary. With 30.5 percent of the precincts reporting, Rick Santorum has 34.5 percent of the vote, Newt Gingrich has 29.7 percent, Mitt Romney has 28.2 percent, and Ron Paul trails with 5.3 percent.
Mississippi, the other Southern state to hold its primary tonight, is still too close to call.
