{"id":3259,"date":"2007-09-02T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-02T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/duncan-hunter-wins-texas-straw.html"},"modified":"2007-09-02T09:48:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-02T09:48:00","slug":"duncan-hunter-wins-texas-straw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/duncan-hunter-wins-texas-straw.html","title":{"rendered":"Duncan  Hunter wins Texas straw poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070902\/ap_on_el_pr\/texas_straw_poll;_ylt=AsMG8QKTIxEPRjZolDju5tys0NUE\">Thompson came in second<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>California congressman Duncan Hunter won Texas&#8217; first Republican Party Straw Poll on Saturday in a low-turnout event that lacked the top-tier presidential candidates.<br \/>\nHunter got 534 votes, or 41 percent of the vote. Former Tennessee senator and actor Fred Thompson, who is expected to announce his candidacy next week but was not at the event, came in second with 266 votes, or nearly 21 percent. Texas congressman Ron Paul came in third with 217 votes, or 17 percent.<br \/>\nCrowd support seemed split between Hunter and Paul, whose supporters waved signs and chanted his name throughout the day.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thompson came in second: California congressman Duncan Hunter won Texas&#8217; first Republican Party Straw Poll on Saturday in a low-turnout event that lacked the top-tier presidential candidates. Hunter got 534 votes, or 41 percent of the vote. 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