For the third year in a row on Saturday, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky Saturday won the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker — who is leading surveys of likely GOP voters — scored second in the CPAC contest, held in Maryland.
More than 3,000 conservative activists voted in the poll.
Paul took 25.7 percent of the vote, and Walker got 21.4 percent.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was in third place; retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson finished fourth, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush — son former President George H.W. Bush and brother of former President George W. Bush — ranked fifth.
Other potential candidates, including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, each received less than 4 percent.
CPAC attendees also supported legalizing marijuana, with 41 percent saying it should be legalized for recreational use and 26 percent saying it should be approved only for medicinal purposes.
The poll showed more than three-quarters of activists were in favor of Congress undoing President Obama’s amnesty plan for illegal immigrants.
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