Mitt Romney and Herman Cain in Close Battle to Lead GOP Pack

Submitted by Kevin Derby on October 17, 2011 - 2:13pm

A national CNN poll released on Monday found former Gov. Mitt Romney and businessman Herman Cain in a close battle to lead the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

The poll, which was conducted by ORC International for CNN, found Romney leading the pack with 26 percent followed by Cain in second with 25 percent. Texas Gov. Rick Perry placed third with 13 percent.

The rest of the field trailed in single digits. U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas took fourth with 9 percent followed by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich with 8 percent. U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota garnered 6 percent. Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum took 2 percent while former Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah trailed with 1 percent.

The poll of 391 registered Republicans was taken from Oct. 14-16 and had a margin of error of +/- 5 percent.

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