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Newt Gingrich has opened up a double-digit lead in Georgia, an encouraging sign in the state the former House Speaker has admitted his campaign hinges on.

The latest poll from Rasmussen shows Gingrich with support from 38 percent of likely voters, good enough for a 12-point lead over presumptive Republican front-runner Mitt Romney. Romney's 26 percent edges Rick Santorum's 20 percent, with Ron Paul's 7 percent rounding out the GOP field.

Gingrich has admitted that a loss in the state he represented for two decades in Congress would leave his campaign "badly weakened" going forward. Georgia will award the most delegates â€" 76 â€" of any of the March 6 Super Tuesday contests.

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