UNDATED (CNN) -- Mitt Romney won the day in Florida, with about 46-percent of the vote. Though he's emerging as the frontrunner, it seems the heated primary race won't be over any time soon.
Mitt Romney believes his decisive victory Tuesday night in Florida, a state hit hard by the recession, is evidence he's the candidate to best address the country's top concern this election season. Romney says, "People care about the economy, and they understand that that's been my background, they don't think people who spent their entire lives working in Washington are prepared to take on the problem of making the economy strong again."
In an interview with CNN, Romney said he's focused on the middle class, not the very rich or the very poor. Romney says, "We have food stamps, we have Medicaid, we have housing vouchers, we have programs to help the poor, but the middle income Americans, they're the folks that are really struggling right now."
Despite his second place finish in Florida, Newt Gingrich showed no sign of backing down Tuesday night. He didn't call Romney to congratulate him, and insisted he will take his fight for the nomination to the Republican Convention in August. Gingrich says, "We're going to have people power beat money power in the next six months."
Ron Paul and Rick Santorum are also staying in. But Romney is expected to do well in the major contests ahead, so his opponents could be facing an uphill battle.