Saturday, February 11, 2012

Mitt Romney wins Maine caucuses with narrow victory over Ron Paul | World news | guardian.co.uk

Mitt Romney wins Maine caucuses with narrow victory over Ron Paul | World news | guardian.co.uk - Ewan MacAskill:

February 12, 2012 - "Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has got his campaign back on track by winning the Maine caucuses, holding off a strong challenge from the outsider, Texas Congressman Ron Paul.

"Although Romney will be relieved to have chalked up a victory after losing three contests in mid-week, he saw a huge 31% majority from the 2008 Republican nominating race shrink to just 3%....

"With 95% of the votes counted – some caucuses had to be delayed by snow – Romney took 39%, 2,190 votes, to Paul's 36% with 1,996 votes. Santorum took 18% and Gingrich 6%. Neither Santorum or Gingrich campaigned in Maine.

"Romney won Maine by a large margin in 2008, with 52% of the vote, with Paul coming third on 18% behind the eventual Republican nominee John McCain on 21%. There are 24 delegates at stake in Maine."

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/12/mitt-romney-maine-caucuses-victory?newsfeed=true
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