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| Nevada voters choose Republican candidate | |
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| Republican voters in the US state of Nevada are taking part in caucuses to decide the state's choice of presidential nominee. | |
| Registered Republicans in each precinct are voting for candidates between 17:00 and 23:00 GMT on Saturday, although an evening caucus to allow observant Jews to participate will finish later. | |
| After a strong result in Florida's primary on Tuesday Mitt Romney is hopeful of taking the western state. | After a strong result in Florida's primary on Tuesday Mitt Romney is hopeful of taking the western state. |
| Opinion polls put him in the lead. | Opinion polls put him in the lead. |
| Mr Romney won the state in his previous bid to be the Republican presidential candidate in 2008. | Mr Romney won the state in his previous bid to be the Republican presidential candidate in 2008. |
| He has won two out of the four contests already held this year, Florida and New Hampshire, and came second in Iowa. | He has won two out of the four contests already held this year, Florida and New Hampshire, and came second in Iowa. |
| His main challenger, former congressman Newt Gingrich, has said he expects Mr Romney to come first in Nevada, partly due to the state's high Mormon population. Mr Romney is a Mormon. | His main challenger, former congressman Newt Gingrich, has said he expects Mr Romney to come first in Nevada, partly due to the state's high Mormon population. Mr Romney is a Mormon. |
| There are two other candidates remaining in the race, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul. | There are two other candidates remaining in the race, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul. |
| Nevada has a population of 2.7m but only its 470,000 registered Republicans are eligible to vote in Saturday's caucuses. | Nevada has a population of 2.7m but only its 470,000 registered Republicans are eligible to vote in Saturday's caucuses. |
| The votes are the latest stage in the state-by-state process of picking a Republican nominee to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama in November's general election. | The votes are the latest stage in the state-by-state process of picking a Republican nominee to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama in November's general election. |
| The Republican candidate will be formally selected by delegates at the party's convention in August. | The Republican candidate will be formally selected by delegates at the party's convention in August. |