Rand Paul, US Senator from Kentucky, has won the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference's Straw Poll, conducted among CPAC attendees to determine their preferred candidate for the 2016 presidential race among Republican conservatives.
Thank you CPAC! Help continue the momentum:https://t.co/XoEAOz8S9Y pic.twitter.com/1MkG6r2ATb
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) 28 февраля 2015
Paul received 25.7 percent of the vote, while Jeb Bush, considered the likely GOP candidate, came in fifth. Three out of 20 CPAC Straw Poll winners ended up as GOP nominees in the presidential elections in the last two decades.
Glad to see @SenRandPaul win his 3rd consecutive #CPACStrawPoll. His message for the country is clearly resonating with people
— Michael Peterson (@m_peterson93) 1 Март 2015
Congrats to Sen. Rand Paul on Winning CPAC Presidential Straw poll just 4 years after his father, Not-President Ron Paul. #CPACStrawPoll
— Frank (@spiderstumbled) 1 Март 2015
Over 3,000 attendees of the Conservative Political Action Conference took part in the vote.
