HENDERSON, Nev. — Just before Mitt Romney took the stage in a shopping center parking lot here Friday evening amid palm trees and grocery carts, former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt rallied the crowd.

Describing how Romney turned around the scandal scarred 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Leavitt urged voters to support him in Saturday’s GOP caucus vote.

“Tomorrow we caucus and we send the message that we need Mitt Romney,” Leavitt said. “Nevada will send him on his way.”

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