TEA Party's Peg Dunmire Whips Rep. Alan Grayson in Chamber Vote

TEA Party candidate Peg Dunmire swamped U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, 72 percent to 28 percent, in the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce's straw ballot.

Dunmire and Grayson, D-Orlando, were the only two candidates on the congressional straw ballot, and Dunmire was the lone candidate present from the crowded 8th Congressional District field. Seven Republicans are vying in the Aug. 24 primary to face Dunmire and Grayson in the general election.

Some 300 votes were cast at Tuesday night's event, said chamber spokeswoman Erika Spence, who reported that the straw polling was conducted by Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles and his staff.