Fred Thompson Tops in CRA Straw Poll (Hunter & Romney tie for second)

California Republican ^ | July 2007 | CRA Staff

[Rockitz]

Former Senator Fred Thompson took first place in a Presidential Preference straw poll conducted by the California Republican Assembly at its annual convention.

Thompson received 25% percent of the convention delegates' votes, easily beating the two runners up, Congressman Duncan Hunter and Governor Mitt Romney who each received 19% of the vote.

Complete straw poll results follow:
Fred Thompson..............25%
Duncan Hunter...............19%
Mitt Romney..................19%
Ron Paul........................12%
Tom Tancredo..................8%
Newt Gingrich...................7%
Sam Brownback...............3%
Mike Huckabee................0%
Tommy Thompson............0%

[Rockitz]

Just got this in the mail yesterday.

[REDWOOD99]

We all know how well actor/politicians do in CA!

[Rockitz]

Ping!

[ASA Vet]

What? Where’s RinoRudy?

[Rockitz]

This is a pretty conservative group. He may not have been on the ballot.

[mmichaels1970]

No McCain either.

[elizabetty]

I wonder what the results would be if only declared Candidates were included? Hunter would have probably won.

Is this accurate that Giuliani got NOTHING?

[Doofer]

ping

[Rockitz]

Probably for the very same reason Rudy was left off.

[ASA Vet]

Nuts weren’t allowed either apparently.

[xzins]

Where is Giuliani?

Was he at unreported or was he not included in the poll?

[ASA Vet]

See post 5

[Rick_Michael]

He’s on dem polls....lol

[ASA Vet]

Probably will get invited to be Hillary’s running mate.

[HerrBlucher]

Wasn’t there some talk here at FR that Fred wasn’t going to do well in lib California but that Rudy would?

[deport]

Just got this in the mail yesterday.

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Did it have a date on it?..... The CRA convention and straw poll took place Apr. 20-22, 2007......

Thompson Wins CRA Straw Poll

That's Fred, not Tommy

Out of 114 votes cast at this year's convention of the California Republican Assembly, former Sen. Fred Thompson led all other real or potential candidates in 2008 with 28 votes, followed by Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Duncan Hunter of California with 22 apiece. Libertarian Republican Ron Paul of Texas was next with 14 and Tom Tancredo of Colorado followed with nine. Rudy Guiliani received eight votes and John McCain none. Apparently, Thompson is benefitting from a relative lack of enthusiasm for the leading candidates, while Hunter and Paul were present at the convention of the California Republican Assembly and Tancredo is admired in the CRA for his anti-illegal immigration stand. A former CRA president made an impassioned plea for Guiliani as the best man to fight the war on Islamism, and a Romney supporter touted his man's credentials. Straw poll is the right name for this sort of vote inasmuch it serves as a "straw in the wind" though it is not definitive. After all, it is still nine months before the California presidential primary. As the largest volunteer political group in the State, the CRA's endorsement, scheduled for determination in November, will carry weight. However, the two-thirds vote required may make it difficult for any candidate to win it.

Richard Reeb | April 23, 2007 | 07:52 PM

Filed as:  Politics

[Aunt Polgara]

“Where is Giuliani?”

RINOs aren’t very welcome at the CRA.

[ASA Vet]

Wasn’t there some talk here at FR that Fred wasn’t going to do well in lib California but that Rudy would?

Yep, but most of those pushing that idea left suddenly in April.

[Rockitz]

It’s front page in the July issue.

[Rick_Michael]

I’m Californian...so are a bunch of conservative friends I know.

All for Fred...