Michigan picks Mitt Romney in straw poll
Posted: 09.26.2011 at 8:18 AM
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Michigan is for Mitt. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is the winner of Sunday's Michigan straw poll.

The Michigan native beat his GOP opponents by a wide margin, taking just over 50% of the votes.

Second place finisher, Rick Perry got just 16.8%. According to the Associated Press, Herman Cain and Congressman Ron Paul each got about 8 percent. Michele Bachmann, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum each got less than 4 percent.

Romney remains the favorite to win the state's primary next year.

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