Sidelining himself in Arizona and taking a light step in Michigan where Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are duking it out, Newt Gingrich is honing in on Washington State as the next place where he could notch a win.

Washington holds its non-binding straw poll caucus on March 3. Forty-three delegates are up for grabs –- the most of any contest since the Florida primary and the last one before Super Tuesday.

 “We’ll make a very diligent effort to win the caucus,” campaign spokesman R.C. Hammond said, calling Washington a “pretty big score.”

Gingrich hasn’t announced any public events in Michigan, days after declaring he’d campaign there with the goal of reaching the 15 percent threshold necessary to win delegates. The campaign has also reduced its ambitions in Arizona, with the candidate holding just one public event here after the CNN debate.   (read more)