Sunday, June 19, 2011

Ron Paul wins 2012 Republican straw poll in New Orleans | Reuters

Ron Paul wins 2012 Republican straw poll in New Orleans | Reuters - June 18, 2011:

"Representative Ron Paul easily won a Republican Leadership Conference straw poll of the party's 2012 presidential contenders on Saturday, with former U.S. envoy to China Jon Huntsman finishing second.

"Paul, who brought busloads of supporters to the conference, won with 612 votes in the nonbinding preference poll of nearly 2,000 delegates from 38 states who attended the gathering.

"Huntsman finished second with 382 votes, Representative Michele Bachmann was third with 191 votes and businessman Herman Cain was fourth with 104 votes.

"Huntsman, a former Utah governor, is set [to] announce his bid for the White House on Tuesday."

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