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OTTUMWA, IOWA -- Things are starting to take shape for the 2012 Presidential election.

With former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum dropping out of the race on Tuesday, most Republicans are now backing front-runner and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.

But Santorum’s decision has many across Iowa questioning what will happen to Santorum’s delegates. The fact is, the delegates in Iowa have not even been chosen yet.

“He won the caucus by a very small amount, and our delegates, we will be choosing them at the district convention and again at the state convention; so the delegates are not even chosen yet. How it affects the race? Right now, New Gingrich is still in the race, Ron Paul is still in the race, but as far as the front runner and probably the other two aren’t able to catch Romney. That puts Romney in the driver’s seat,” said Trudy Caviness, Chair of the Wapello County Republican Party.

Caviness says that Iowa’s delegates are non-committed, but that they usually support who is in the majority.

“Iowa delegates are non-committed delegates, so when they go, they are not just with one candidate or another; and historically, the Iowa delegates have voted with whomever is in the majority. There are times and other things do happen, but that is kind of where the Iowa delegation has voted; does not mean they have too, but historically that is what they do,” said Caviness.

The district conventions in Iowa are set for April 21^st.