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LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – With a huge lead in polls, Republican front-runner Mitt Romney appears poised for an easy win in Nevada on Saturday that would put him in firm command of the party’s see-sawing presidential nominating race.
A Nevada victory would be Romney’s second win in a row and his third in the first five contests in the state-by-state battle to find a Republican challenger to President Barack Obama, fueling a growing sense of momentum for the former Massachusetts governor.
“Go out and caucus tomorrow. Get out there,” Romney pleaded with supporters at his final Nevada campaign stop on Friday night, in a parking lot outside a pizza restaurant in Henderson, Nevada, near Las Vegas.
Two polls taken this week in Nevada showed Romney with a lead of 20 points or more over top rival Newt Gingrich after Romney recaptured his front-runner status with a convincing win in Florida on Tuesday.
Nevada, which has a faltering economy and a big Mormon population,
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