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Rand Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll
February 28, 2015
The final day of the Conservative Political Action Conference included the annual presidential straw poll. For the 3rd year in a row, Senator Rand Paul won, earning 25.7% of the 3,007 votes. Governor Scott Walker finished a strong 2nd, at 21.4%, with Senator Ted Cruz and Dr. Ben Carson just about tied for 3rd at around 11.5% each.
11 Republicans received greater than 1%. The full list is below, courtesy of The Washington Times.
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