In campaign news, the focus of the Republican race has turned to Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri ahead of Tuesday’s primary and caucuses. On Saturday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the caucus in Nevada.

Mitt Romney: “Thanks, you guys! Wow! What a great showing! Thank you, Nevada! You know, this is not the first time you gave me your vote of confidence, and this time I’m going to take it to the White House.”

Mitt Romney received just more than 50 percent of the vote, slightly less than what he won in 2008. Romney won 13 of Nevada’s 16 counties, two fewer than he won in 2008. Turnout was very low in Nevada. Republican party officials had predicted caucus turnout could hit 60,000, but only about 34,000 voters took part, 10,000 fewer than in 2008. Following his second-place finish, Newt Gingrich vowed to stay in the race and amplified his personal criticism of Romney.

Newt Gingrich: “If you can’t tell the truth as a candidate for president, how can the country possibly expect you to lead as president? And I, frankly, was stunned. I make no bones about this. In the second Florida debate, I had nothing to say, because I had never before seen a person who I thought of as a serious candidate for president be that fundamentally dishonest. And it was blatant, and it was deliberate, and he knew he was doing it.”

Ron Paul placed third in Nevada, and Rick Santorum placed fourth.