In an Upset, Mike Pence Wins Values Voters Presidential Straw Poll

The Values Voters Summit closed on Saturday with an upset in a straw poll for 2012 presidential hopefuls.

With 24 percent of the vote, U.S. Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, helped by a speech to the group on Friday, narrowly beat former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who won the event in 2007 and 2009, who took 22 percent. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney placed third with 13 percent, followed by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich with 10 percent and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with 7 percent. Pence also won the vote for vice president, followed by Palin and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. All of the politicians listed above, save Palin, spoke at the event in Washington which was backed by the Family Research Council.