Mitt Romney received welcome news on Saturday, as he won the Maine caucuses with 39 percent of the vote. It was a welcome success for the former Massachusetts governor after he lost three presidential nominating contests earlier in the week.Out of the little more than 5,000 votes cast overall, Ron Paul came in second with 36 percent, Rick Santorum came in third with 18 percent, and Newt Gingrich trailed with 6 percent of the vote. Romney edged Paul by just under 200 votes. At stake in Maine are 21 delegates, but this particular vote doesn’t actually determine who gets the delegates — which is one reason voter turnout was so low.
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