Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will win the Republican presidential primaries in the District and Maryland, all major news organizations project. Though neither race was close, both will help Romney pad his delegate lead.

The District may only have 16 delegates to give to a Republican contender, but for Mitt Romney’s slow march towards the 1,144 delegates he needs to clinch the nomination, no delegate is being left behind.

If the Republican nomination battle between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum seems a little staid, think of it as an epic battle between two mythical warriors: Javelin vs. Petrus. Sounds little sharper, eh?

Rick Santorum is for statehood! Good, ol’ fashioned English-speaking statehood. Sorry, Puerto Rico.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney should skate to an easy victory in Virginia’s Republican presidential primary tomorrow, but various elements might make it more of a hassle than expected.

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign isn’t just surging in the polls of late, apparently, it’s also been turned up to 11. In an interview with MusicRadar.com yesterday, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine endorsed the Republican candidate, lending ear-splitting, soul-crushing, rapid-fire noise to Santorum’s family-friendly bid.

After the first day of the Conservative Political Action Conference, hundreds of bloggers got together to celebrate their rising power in right-wing politics and talk about just how much they loathe the mainstream media.

Roseanne Barr wants to be the next U.S. president. So do a lot of other fringe candidates, from one guy with a boot hat to another who bases his campaign platform on the 1611 King James Bible. We review but a small sampling of them.

The -ists this week had politics on the brain. And what goes better with politics? Partying– that’s two great tastes in one. Oh, and Kevin Federline…can’t forget about Kevin Federline. That’s three great tastes in one. -Bostonist discussed two big state issues– what sort of math constitutes a marriage and what kind of alcohol can be sold in most grocery stores. And the politically minded Curt Schilling went on “Jeopardy!”. -Chicagoist celebrated the election news…

Halloween is Tuesday, which means this weekend was really the time for all of the –ists to celebrate. And whether they’re designing super-spooky costumes or talking about the super-spooky upcoming elections, we’d say that they’re doing a fine job of it. Austinist knows that few things in life are scarier than zombies, people with way too much money, and politicians who try too hard to be funny. Slightly less scary, depending on whom you…