US Presidential elections: Mitt Romney wins Iowa straw poll
{{date|August 12, 2007}}
[[Image:Mitt Romney 2007 profile portrait.jpg|thumb|140px|right|[[w:Mitt Romney|Mitt Romney]], 2008 presidential candidate.]]
[[w:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] [[w:governor|Governor]] and Republican presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]] won a recent [[w:straw poll|straw poll]] in [[Iowa]], gaining 31.6 percent of the votes, with [[Mike Huckabee]] following with 18.1 percent.

[[w:John Cox|John Cox]] finished the [[w:Republican Party|Republican]] straw poll in last place, ending with less than 0.5 percent of the vote.

Over 14,000 valid ballots were cast in the straw poll, which was conducted by the [[w:Iowa Republican Party|Iowa Republican Party]]. 

Earlier, a malfunctioning voting machine used in the Iowa straw poll forced at least 1,500 ballots to be counted by hand.  

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/11/iowa.straw.poll/index.html
|title=Romney wins Iowa straw poll
|author=Mark Preston
|pub=CNN
|date=August 11, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1026027920070812
|title=Romney wins Iowa Republican straw poll
|author=John Whitesides
|pub=Reuters
|date=August 11, 2007}}

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Mitt Romney, 2008 presidential candidate.
Massachusetts Governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won a recent straw poll in Iowa, gaining 31.6 percent of the votes, with Mike Huckabee following with 18.1 percent.

John Cox finished the Republican straw poll in last place, ending with less than 0.5 percent of the vote.

Over 14,000 valid ballots were cast in the straw poll, which was conducted by the Iowa Republican Party. 

Earlier, a malfunctioning voting machine used in the Iowa straw poll forced at least 1,500 ballots to be counted by hand.
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