AUGUSTA, Maine – Mitt Romney and Ron Paul are the undisputed favorites in Maine, the next state weighing in on the Republican presidential race. They’re the only candidates who have made much of an effort here.
The state’s Republican Party is set to announce the victor Saturday night of the GOP contest. Local Republican Party committees have spent the last week holding caucuses in schools, town halls and fire stations up and down the state.
The results — the first step toward electing the state’s 24 delegates to the Republican National Convention — aren’t likely to dramatically change the dynamics of the overall GOP race. But the outcome could give bragging rights to the victor as well as an uptick in delegates.
“There are pockets of support for everybody,” says state GOP Chairman Charles Webster. Still, he adds: “It’s fair to say the race will come down to Romney and Paul.”
Romney, the GOP front-runner, is looking to rebound after a trio of losses to former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum on Tuesday, and is making a last-minute trip to Maine at the end of the week in hopes of avoiding a fourth consecutive loss — and one all but in the former Massachusetts
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