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A new poll released Friday shows Mitt Romney with a three-point edge in his home state of Michigan, the largest lead the former governor has posted in a poll since Rick Santorum's surprise wins in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota earlier this month.

But the lead is still squarely within the Mitchell/Rosetta Stone poll's margin of error, providing more evidence that the pivotal Feb. 28 primary could go down to the wire.

Romney was the choice of 36 percent of likely Michigan voters, edging Rick Santorum's 33 percent. Ron Paul earned the nod from 12 percent of those surveyed, while Newt Gingrich struggled to break double digits, earning just 9 percent.

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