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In both states, about 4 in 10 voters said the ability to beat Obama was the trait they most wanted in a candidate. And in Whitefish Bay, Wis., Lana Adikes, 65, made the cold calculation that Romney was that candidate. "I think he's the only one who can do it," she said. In the Milwaukee suburb of Brookfield, restaurant owner Earl Richter, 58, also felt that pull, but didn't give in to it. "I think anybody that can beat Obama is great," he said. "I think Mitt Romney will do just fine. But my principles or my beliefs are just more in line with Rick Santorum," so the former Pennsylvania senator got his vote. The Supreme Court's hearing last week on the 2010 health care law brought that issue to the forefront of the nomination campaign. Santorum criticized Romney's record on the issue and appeared outside the Supreme Court to make the case that he is the candidate best suited to handle health care. Wisconsin voters on Tuesday were split between Romney and Santorum as most trusted to manage health care policy, with 36 percent favoring Romney, 31 percent Santorum. About 1 in 6 said they trust Ron Paul most on the matter, 1 in 10 preferred Newt Gingrich. In Wisconsin, Republican Gov. Scott Walker earned a 79 percent approval rating from GOP primary voters. Walker will face a recall election in June. Exit polls in Maryland and Wisconsin were conducted for The Associated Press and the television networks by Edison Research. This includes results among 1,243 Republican voters interviewed Tuesday as they left their polling places at 25 randomly selected sites in Maryland, and among 2,095 Wisconsin GOP voters as they left 35 polling places across the state. Results from both states have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Romney won D.C., where voters were not surveyed.
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