Mitt Romney won the Maine caucuses tonight, with 39 percent of the vote to Ron Paul’s 36 percent. Santorum came in third with 18 percent, while Gingrich finished last at 6 percent. Around 5600 people voted. And while Romney won, it was far closer than last cycle, when he got 52 percent of the vote and beat John McCain by 30 points. Maine, like Iowa, Colorado, and Minnesota, has unbound delegates. While the Maine GOP chair Charlie Webster has declared Romney the winner, not every Maine county’s caucus was counted. Due to inclement weather, one county Paul had thought he would do well in did not caucus. According to the AP, those who caucus on later dates will not have their votes counted by the GOP at the state level, meaning that Romney will remain the winner...
