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He didn't win and there are still towns voting in the Maine three day caucus on Super Bowl Sunday, but Republican US Presidential candidate Ron Paul has received his biggest percentage of votes to date - 20 percent. He's vying for second place with Republican frontrunner John McCain while Mike Huckabee fared poorly in the state. Paul is also expected to walk away with a number of new delegates. It was Mitt Romney who won the state of Maine on Saturday. The former Massachusetts governor had 52 percent of the vote with 68 percent of the towns holding caucuses reporting.
The nonbinding
votes, the first
step toward electing
18 Maine delegates
to the Republican
National Convention,
took place in public
schools, Grange
halls, fire stations
and town halls
across the state. Both Ron Paul and Mitt Romney were the only Republicans to maintain a presence in the state. The Maine Democrats hold their presidential preference votes at municipal caucuses on Feb. 10. Paul is building some momentum in New England heading into Super Tuesday, defending the New England Patriots in an attempt by Congressman Arlen Specter for probing the destruction of early season "spy" tapes. Two more New England states - Connecticut and Massachusetts - cast their votes on Super Tuesday. Gambling911.com's own Jennifer Reynolds sees Ron Paul doing reasonably well on Super Tuesday in North Dakota, Arkansas, Minnesota, Colorado and Hawaii. Gambling911.com has been reporting that the Texas Congressman could also perform quite well in Washington State later in the week. 20 percent of the vote is a rather big chunk and represents a very significant "swing potential" should Ron Paul elect to run as an Independent. He would likely cut into the fractured Republican vote. ---- Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher CCostigan@CostiganMedia.com Originally published February 3, 2008 12:38 am EST
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Ron
Paul Gets 20% of
Vote in Maine Caucus