KUNA, Idaho — Same name. Same faith. Same blood. And if you ask 27-year-old Chad Romney, of Kuna, he and his presidential-hopeful second cousin also share the same good looks.

"I mean, he's a good-looking guy, you know," Chad Romney said.

But the similarities end there.

Mitt Romney leads all Republican candidates with an estimated 182 delegates. He'll look to improve with wins in the 10 states up for grabs on Super Tuesday.

But in the first Republican caucuses in Idaho's history, Mitt's own cousin plans to rally support for Ron Paul.

"It's Ron Paul or bust," Chad Romney said.

This act of Romney family treason spawned not from some deep-seated dispute.

"I don't dislike Mitt at all," Chad Romney said. "He seems like a nice guy. He just doesn't understand the constitution like Ron Paul."

Chad Romney even admitted he has enjoyed Mitt Romney's repeated runs at the presidency.

"It makes my name look good," he said.

And the Romney name hasn't been at the fore of the national consciousness in decades. In the past, Chad Romney said, only Mormons would ask about his bloodline. "Now, a lot of people will ask me if I'm related," he said. "And I always say: 'Yes, I'm related, but I vote for Ron Paul.' "

Chad Romney's grandfather, Alden Romney, and Mitt Romney's father, George Romney, were cousins. Chad Romney has never actually met Mitt Romney, but his father and fellow Paul supporter, Craig Romney, told Chad Romney he recently sneaked into an event in Seattle ahead of Washington's caucuses.

"He just kind of walked through the back door and started BS'ing," Chad Romney said, laughing.

Craig Romney literally walked through a backdoor of a sold-out rally, flashed his business card to a cop — again, with the Romney name — and finagled his way to a handshake and a photo with cousin Mitt Romney.

"I asked him if he was able to tell him he was a Ron Paul supporter," Chad Romney said, laughing, "but he didn't get the chance."

Chad Romney moved to Idaho from Kent, six years ago. He now works as a project manager for a construction company and lives in Kuna with his wife, Rachel, 27, and their 15-month-old daughter, Kinley.

Chad Romney said he didn't know of any other family in the area, but that doesn't mean he is some kind of Romney in the Kuna rough. As Mormons, he and Mitt Romney have lots of aunts, uncles, cousins and second cousins.

"Oh," Chad Romney said, "I think there's probably quite a few. If you go back to polygamy, there are a lot of people who start to become related."

When Idaho goes to caucus Tuesday, Chad Romney won't be there. Idaho organizes its caucuses by county, and the Romney from Kuna thought he could do more to help Paul's cause by speaking on the candidate's behalf in Elmore County than by voting in Ada County.

While Paul has claimed the fewest delegates of those still in the race, many have suggested the energy of his supporters and his physical presence in Idaho on Tuesday could translate to a victory in the Gem State. A total of 419 delegates are at stake Tuesday — 32 from Idaho.

"You know," Chad Romney said of Paul's chances in Idaho, "he might actually get it."

Paul, a GOP congressman from Texas on and off for several decades, ran for president in 1988 as the Libertarian Party candidate, taking 0.47 percent of the vote nationally. He ran as a Republican in 2008, claiming only 14 delegates.

If Paul fails to earn a spot on the 2012 GOP ticket and the chance to run against President Obama, Chad Romney said he doesn't plan to settle for second-best — even if that second-best boasts the same name, faith, blood and those aforementioned good looks.

"I don't know if I'd vote for either one of them," he said of Romney and Obama. "I'd just write Ron Paul in there."

Mac King is a reporter in Boise, Idaho, for KIVI-TV.