Gingrich beats Paul 48-43 in (Nevada) Republican straw poll, ... fails to get two-thirds needed
Source: Reno Gazette-Journal
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., beat U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, in the straw presidential poll voting of the Nevada Republican Assembly on Saturday in Reno, giving his campaign an early polling victory with a group that bills itself as a Reaganesque Republican Wing of the Republican Party.
Gingrich beat Paul, 48-43. Paul won the NVRAs presidential straw poll four years ago.
The NVRA straw poll was a fundraiser for the group. Votes were $10 each. Voters could buy as many votes as they wished.
Gingrich also outpolled all other candidates in a vote for endorsement but did not gain the two-thirds-vote necessary to gain the groups endorsement.
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Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)Skip Intro
(19,768 posts)Keep on rockin' in the free world...
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)SixthSense
(829 posts)that's a fundraising scam
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)James48
(4,436 posts)"Votes were $10 each. Voters could buy as many votes as they wished."
Yeh, right.
How republican of them.
I guess Newt decided to purchase a winning amount, eh?
Tanelorn
(359 posts)Somehow a $910 fundraiser seems a few million short of a campaign