Via the Hill:
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson won the presidential straw poll at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Oklahoma City on Saturday, beating out Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
Carson won 25.4 percent of the vote, while Walker took 20.5 percent and Cruz received 16.4 percent.
Other GOP presidential hopefuls and potential candidates finished far behind the top trio. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie finished a distant fourth with 5.3 percent of the vote, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry took 5 percent, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush won 4.9 percent.
Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and Bobby Jindal each garnered 4.1% of the conference’s votes, while Carly Fiorina and Mike Huckabee tied at 2.7%. Rick Santorum and Donald Trump each received less than 2% of the vote–1.9% and 1.2%, respectively. Lindsey Graham obtained a measly half of a percent, right below Mark Everson (0.8%) and just above John Kasich (0.2%). Somebody named Jim Gilmore won the goose egg.
The complete results of the poll can be viewed in visual chart form here.
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