Hasner Tops GOP Candidates -- and Ron Paul -- in Senate Straw Poll

Submitted by Kevin Derby on September 23, 2011 - 5:04pm

Four Republicans who are looking to challenge Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012 squared off in a straw poll on Friday at the American Conservative Unions (ACU) Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) event in Orlando.

Former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner claimed victory in the straw poll with 34 percent. Retired Army officer and businessman Mike McCalister placed second with 30 percent. Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux took third with 24 percent. Central Florida businessman Craig Miller placed a distant fourth with 12 percent. The rest went to write-in candidates -- including five votes for U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas.

A total of 1,501 CPAC attendees voted in the straw poll.

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