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Iowa GOP Straw Poll results

August 16, 1999

Gov. George W. Bush 7,418 31.3%
Steve Forbes 4,921 20.8%
Elizabeth Dole 3,410 14.3%
Gary Bauer 2,114 8.9 %
Pat Buchanan 1,719 7.3%
Lamar Alexander 1,428 6.0%
Alan Keyes 1,101 4.6%
Dan Quayle 916 3.9%
Sen. Orrin Hatch 558 2.4%
Sen. John McCain* 83 0.4%
Rep. John Kasich** 9 0.0%
Sen. Bob Smith*** 8 0.0%
     
TOTAL VOTES 23,685  

* McCain didn't participate.

**Kasich withdrew from the race and endorsed Bush.

***Smith resigned from the Republican Party and plans to seek the nomination of the U.S. Taxpayers Party.
salon.com | August 16, 1999

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