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  • Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, speaks at the University of California at Berkeley on Thursday, April 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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  • **FILE** Republican presidential candidate and Texas Rep. Ron Paul speaks Feb. 11, 2012, to his supporters following his loss in the Maine caucus to Mitt Romney, in Portland, Maine. (Associated Press)

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  • Ron Paul (AP photo)

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  • Aides confirmed reports that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, here in Cramerton, N.C., on Wednesday, will drop out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination in the next few days. Mitt Romney scored another five primary victories on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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  • Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (right) talks to reporters April 23, 2012, as he is joined by Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, during a news conference prior to a town hall-style meeting in Aston, Pa. (Associated Press)

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  • **FILE** Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks Feb. 7, 2012, during an election night rally in Denver. (Associated Press)

    Romney lags in smaller campaign donations

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  • Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks April 19, 2012, at the closed National Gypsum drywall factory in Lorain, Ohio. (Associated Press)

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