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Romney takes Nevada vote
Republican front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to an easy victory in Nevada over the weekend, crushing his three remaining rivals and taking firm command of the party’s volatile presidential nominating race. With support from a broad cross-section of Republicans, Romney won by a big double-digit margin over former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Representative Ron Paul and former Senator Rick Santorum. The victory was Romney’s second in a row and his third in the contests in the state-by-state battle to find a Republican challenger to President Barack Obama in November’s general election. It propels Romney into the next contests – in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri tomorrow – on a growing wave of momentum.