Thread:Comments:Attorney John Wolfe wins 42% against President Obama in Arkansas primary/Comments from feedback form - "Bizarre headline. He didn't "w..."/reply

He won 42% (of the votes); that use of win as a transitive verb is ordinary in English. Had the headline said "wins with 42%", that would be totally different &mdash; the verb would be intransitive, and the headline would be simply false.