Candidates campaign in Buckeye state

Associated Press

BLUE ASH, Ohio

Three of the four Republicans vying for the presidency campaigned Saturday in delegate-rich Ohio, among the 10 states holding contests on Super Tuesday in what will be the campaign’s biggest payday.

Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich were fighting for the state — and it promises to be another important test for Romney, who seeks to quell doubts about his candidacy from voters and the party establishment.

Santorum spoke Saturday morning at a rally that drew hundreds in Blue Ash, a conservative suburb of Cincinnati. Romney spoke at USAeroteam, an aerospace and defense manufacturer in Beavercreek, outside Dayton. Gingrich spoke Saturday morning at the Back Porch Saloon, a restaurant-bar in West Chester Township, about 25 miles north of Cincinnati.

All three candidates were to participate in a forum hosted in Ohio by Mike Huckabee and taping Saturday afternoon.