Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio Out Front in Florida GOP 2016 Poll

Two favorite sons lead the pack of Republican presidential candidates in the Sunshine State for 2016 in a poll from Quinnipiac University released on Thursday.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., leads with 21 percent followed by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in second with 18 percent. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, takes third with 10 percent followed by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., with 8 percent. Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., follows with 7 percent while Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., takes 6 percent. Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, garners 5 percent. Two candidates from Wisconsin -- Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan -- take 2 percent each while three candidates -- Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., take 1 percent each.

This marks a bit of a shift from a Quinnipiac poll released in May which had Bush out front with 27 percent, Paul in second with 14 percent and Rubio in third with 11 percent.

The poll of 451 Florida Republicans was taken from July 17-21 and had a margin of error of +/- 4.6 percent.