POLITICS Ron Beats McCain in Maine Caucus, Primed to Win Over 1/3 of State Delegates

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Ron Beats McCain in Maine Caucus, Primed to Win Over 1/3 of State

Delegates (2/4/08)

In the race for delegates, Ron appears to closely trail Romney for

first place

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 4, 2008

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - While most reports about this past weekend's Maine

Caucus focused on the purely symbolic presidential preference poll, in the

meaningful race to secure delegates to the state convention Ron is

primed to finish second with likely 35 percent of the total delegates.

Delegates to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis are elected

by the state delegates. Internal results from 10 of 16 counties, including

the largest cities of Portland, South Portland, ton, Auburn, Augusta,

Waterville, Bangor, and Brewer, show Ron picking up 215 of 608 State

Convention delegates so far reported, or 35%.

" Ron 's strong second place finish in Maine, in which he beat

McCain, is proof that this race is far from over, " said Ron campaign

manager Lew . " We'll continue to battle for every delegate in this

wide-open race for the Republican nomination. "

In the presidential preference poll, with 70 percent reporting, Ron is

in third place just two percentage points behind McCain. However, the

Maine preference poll is purely a beauty contest, and in the actual election

of state delegates the so-called " frontrunner " McCain is far behind Ron

.

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