Although John McCain has long since become the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Ron Paul drew the backing of 14 percent of GOP voters in New Mexico, according to unofficial primary results.
The libertarian congressman from Texas had 13,678 votes to McCain's 85,021, with 91 percent of the state's precincts reporting.
In Santa Fe County, Paul had 675 votes to McCain's 3,384.
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