Monday, August 13, 2007

Iowa Straw Poll

Not exactly breaking news, but I thought I'd post the results of the Republican Straw Poll that was conducted in Ames on Saturday, along with links to each candidate's campaign website:
1: Mitt Romney - 4516 votes - 31.6%
2: Mike Huckabee - 2587 votes - 18.1%
3: Sam Brownback - 2192 votes - 15.3%
4: Tom Tancredo - 1961 votes - 13.7%
5: Ron Paul - 1305 votes - 9.1%
6: Tommy Thompson - 1,009 votes - 7.3% (Tommy Thompson dropped out of race)
7: Fred Thompson - 203 votes - 1.4% (Fred Thompson has not official declared his candidacy)
8: Rudy Giuliani - 183 votes - 1.3%
9: Duncan Hunter - 174 votes - 1.2%
10: John McCain - 101 votes - 0.7%
11: John Cox - 41 votes - 0.3%
Huckabee's finish was impressive considering his fundraising thus far ranks #8. While Mitt Romney has already raised more than $44 million, Huckabee's fundraising stood at $1.3 million. I hope this gives him a boost, because from what I've seen/heard/read so far, I like him and would love to see him in the picture for the Republican nomination.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm with you on this. So far, Huckabee has been the one I can most see myself voting for.... I don't remember often enough to be in prayer for our nation and not only for the current leaders, but the future ones!!!

Anonymous said...

PS - that was J in the UK. Oops!