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

From www.ronpaul2008.com 

In the race for delegates, Ron Paul 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 Paul 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,
Lewiston, Auburn, Augusta, Waterville, Bangor, and Brewer, show Ron
Paul picking up 215 of 608 State Convention delegates so far reported,
or 35%.

“Ron Paul’s strong second place finish in Maine, in which he beat
John McCain, is proof that this race is far from over,” said Ron Paul
campaign manager Lew Moore.“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
Paul is in third place just two percentage points behind John 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 Paul.