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Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania, edges Obama 46 percent to 42 percent, while Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, receives 46 percent to Obama's 43 percent in the Christopher Newport University/Richmond Times-Dispatch survey of 1,018 registered voters taken Feb. 4-13.

The president ties with Rep. Ron Paul of Texas in the poll at 43 percent each. In another head-to-head matchup, Obama edges former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich 45 percent to 40 percent.