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Mitt Romney cruised to a dominating victory Saturday night in the Nevada Republican presidential caucuses, Fox News projects, leveraging a base of support that dates back to his 2008 run to notch the first back-to-back win of the 2012 contest.
The former Massachusetts governor, who won the Florida primary earlier in the week, was beating Newt Gingrich by a double-digit margin. The victory cut across virtually every demographic group and builds Romney’s lead in the delegate count, though Nevada is only the first in a string of lesser contests following the first four behemoth primary battles.
The candidates head next into Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri and Maine, though the Missouri election is more of a beauty contest as it doesn’t determine delegates.
At his victory rally in Las Vegas, Romney took the same approach as he did after the Florida race – utterly ignoring his Republican opponents, keeping his focus on President Obama and polishing his own brand.
“America needs a president who can fix the economy because he understands the economy, and I do, and I will,” Romney said. Read More