Salt Lake Tribune - Ron Paul Straw 2nd
Monday, June 11, 2007 - FreeMarketNews.com


Republican delegates elected a new state party chairman and reaffirmed their support for presidential candidate Mitt Romney during their annual convention Saturday... The results of a presidential straw poll before almost all of the 1,600 Republican delegates left the South Towne Expo Center: The stragglers learned that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Mormon who also led the Salt Lake Olympic organizing committee, took four out of every five votes, leaving about 250 ballots to be shared among 10 other candidates. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who puts a libertarian slant on Republican politics, took second with 70 votes and just more than 5 percent of the total... -Salt Lake City Tribune

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