LAS VEGAS -- Now it's on to Colorado, Minnesota and Maine.
With back-to-back victories fueling him, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is looking toward the next states that hold GOP nominating contests.
He won big in the Nevada caucuses.
At last count, 87 percent of Nevada's precincts had been tallied, and Romney has 48 percent of the vote. Newt Gingrich has 22 percent, followed by Ron Paul with 19 percent and Rick Santorum 11 percent.
Romney's rivals are shrugging it off as the expected result. And his main rival Newt Gingrich is brushing aside any talk of abandoning his White House bid.
Gingrich told NBC's "Meet the Press" that he's focused on making it to Super Tuesday, where he says he'll be in "much more favorable territory."
On ABC's "This Week," Paul maintained Nevada's results show voters are still up for grabs, with a large number "looking for another option."
After winning in Iowa, Santorum has trailed in the contests since then. But told "Fox News Sunday" that his numbers "are moving up continually" and the race is a "long way from being over."
Colorado and Minnesota are next on the calendar, with caucuses scheduled for Tuesday. Maine follows on Saturday.
(Associated Press)