Mitt Romney won the lightly-attended Maine Republican caucuses Saturday, reclaiming the momentum that he lost when Rick Santorum swept three states on Tuesday.
"I thank the voters of Maine for their support," Romney said in a statement. "I'm committed to turning around America. And I'm heartened to have the support of so many good people in this great state."
Romney won 39 percent of the vote, with 2,190 votes. He narrowly edged out the other candidate who seriously contested the Maine caucuses, Ron Paul, who won 36 percent of the vote with 1,996 votes.
There were 972,181 registered voters in Maine as of November 8 of last year, including 269,604 Republicans.
Paul, who is focused on small caucuses states like Maine, is the only candidate in the race who has yet to win a state. Romney and Santorum have now each won four states, while Newt Gingrich has won one.
Paul, who is focused on small caucuses states like Maine, is the only candidate in the race who has yet to win a state. Romney and Santorum have now each won four states, while Newt Gingrich has won one.
In remarks following the announcement of Romney's victory, Paul noted that not every caucus had taken place, saying there was one in particular that he expected to win that had yet to occur.
"It's almost like we could call it a tie, but anyway," said Paul.
At the stroke of midnight of February 12, 84 percent of the votes in Maine have been turned in, and the results are being spoken as if printed in stone, even though that 16% still hangs in the balance. In a somewhat rare event, Ron Paul is in second place, a scant 3% behind Romney. While the media states Romney as the winner, there is a heated debate by people that this is a wrong conclusion, and that Ron Paul will either be the winner of Maine, or he will draw with Romney. The remaining counties will be finished by March 30th, but by then Maine will be old news to the media world.
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