Ron Paul wins Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll – The State Column
Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, won the Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll Saturday. Mr. Paul dominated both the in person and text portions of the Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll. Mr. Paul’s victory follows top-tier finishes in a Rasmussen Reports poll and Public Policy Polling poll of likely South Carolina Republican primary voters Friday.
Mr. Paul garnered 54.4 percent of the votes in the text portion of the Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum pulled 15.6 percent of the votes to earn a second place finish. Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) earned 13.3 percent of the votes to grab a third place finish.
Mr. Paul pulled in 27.9 percent of the votes in the in person portion of the Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich earned 23.8 percent of the votes to grab a second place finish, while Mr. Santorum garnered 21.2 percent of the votes to earn a third place finish.
Mr. Paul’s victory in the Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll also follows a third place finish in the Iowa Caucuses and a second place finish in the New Hampshire Primary. Mr. Paul’s top-tier finishes in the first two early voting states is likely to give his campaign a boost as the Texas congressman tries to earn his third top-tier finish in a row next Saturday.
The Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll is an effort to increase Texas’ influence in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. The Texas Republican primary is scheduled for April 3rd.
“Despite Texas’ apparent political clout as holder of the second largest delegation to the Electoral College and the second largest population in the United States, its position in the primary election, which is governed by political parties, is significantly and detrimentally out of balance to its general election influence,” the website for the Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll reads.
The Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll started on Thursday, January 12th and ended on Saturday, January 14th. In person voting at the Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll was held in Houston, Texas in Minute Maid Park. The event included speakers a social mixer and a VIP Reception. Several Tea Party groups organized the straw poll.
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