Mitt Romney was looking to strengthen his bid for the GOP presidential nomination in yesterday’s Super Tuesday showdown, but he didn’t do it in Warren County.Romney was the Republican frontrunner entering the day, but was pounded in local voting.Rick Santorum emerged as the winner in Warren County with 1,208 votes. Newt Gingrich grabbed second place with 689 votes and Romney was third with 680. Ron Paul was a distant fourth with 246.The numbers were similar throughout the state as Santorum has won Tennessee’s Republican presidential primary with a platform of social and religious issues that resonated with the state’s conservative voters.With 91 percent of precincts reporting, Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, had 37 percent, compared with 28 percent for Romney.