WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- For the second year in a row, Rand Paul came out on top of the straw poll at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.
The Kentucky senator took 31 percent of the vote, far ahead of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who got 11 percent for a distant second place. Paul also rose 6 points, up from 25 percent of the straw poll last year.