Mitt Romney has scored a lopsided victory in the Republican primary in Illinois, beating out top rival Rick Santorum. Romney addressed supporters near Chicago while Santorum spoke in Pennsylvania.

Mitt Romney: “And tonight we thank the people of Illinois for their vote and for this extraordinary victory. Thank you so much. And, you know, elections are about choices, and today hundreds of thousands of people in Illinois have joined millions of people across the country to join our cause.”

Rick Santorum: “If you look at what’s going to happen tonight, we’re going to win downstate, we’re going to win central Illinois, we’re going to win western Illinois. We won the areas that conservatives and Republicans populate, and we’re very happy about that. We’re happy about the delegates we’re going to get, too.”