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Ted Cruz Wins CPAC Straw Poll

UNITED STATES - MARCH 4: Republican presidential candidate Texas Senator Ted Cruz speaks at the American Conservative Union's CPAC conference at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., on Friday, March 4, 2016. (Photo By ... UNITED STATES - MARCH 4: Republican presidential candidate Texas Senator Ted Cruz speaks at the American Conservative Union's CPAC conference at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., on Friday, March 4, 2016. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
By Kristin Salaky
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March 5, 2016 5:53 p.m.
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Saturday added another title to his list of conservative bona fides after winning a straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

The straw poll showed Cruz at 40 percent followed by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) at 30 percent, Donald Trump at 15 percent and Gov John Kasich (R-OH) at 8 percent.

Cruz spoke at CPAC on Friday, and while Trump was scheduled to appear on Saturday, he canceled to hold a rally in Kansas instead. Cruz joked during his speech to the conservative confab that Trump canceled because someone told him Fox News host Megyn Kelly, with whom he’s had a long-running feud, would be attending.

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Kristin Salaky Kristin is the Front Page Editor based in New York City. She is a graduate of Ohio University and her byline has been featured in Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan. Follow her on Twitter @kristinsalaky.
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  1. In CPAC’s 41-year history, only four poll winners have gone on to become Republican presidential nominees. Looks like sCruz is a shoe-in.

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