Mitt Romney has just voted near his home in Belmont, on the outskirts of Boston. As he left, he proudly brandished a ballot paper which not only bore his name as a candidate but those of his wife and his son Tagg, who are standing for the town's Republican committee.
Romney jested amiably with 50 or so local supporters. The mood was decidedly downbeat, though.
"We're going to keep battling forward - I don't know what the numbers will be like, can't predict what they'll be like," Romney told reporters. There was a lot of stuff in the past tense. "We are so grateful and humble to have this great opportunity to campaign across the country," said Romney's wife, Anne.
Romney is spending a few hours of downtime with his family before heading to an evening rally at Boston's convention centre.
