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Huckabee Wins Conservative Straw Poll

Palin lags behind with Pawlenty, Romney, Pence

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 19, 2009 8:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – Mike Huckabee easily won a presidential straw poll today at a conference for social conservatives, Politico reports. The former Arkansas governor garnered 28% of 597 votes at the annual Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC. Tying for second, each with about 12% of the vote,... Read full story »

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