http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/smith_wins_wake_gop_straw_poll Comments for "Smith wins Wake GOP straw poll" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/smith_wins_wake_gop_straw_poll#comment-4057 <p>Ok, now the Mecklenburg Republican Straw Poll for balance.</p> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:32:45 -0500 FFC1304 comment 4057 at http://projects.newsobserver.com http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/smith_wins_wake_gop_straw_poll <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <img src="/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/fredsmithheadillo.gif" class="blog-icon" /> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p><a href="/dome/profiles/fred_smith">Fred Smith</a> won the Wake County GOP straw poll.</p><p>At the President&#39;s Day Dinner tonight, the Western Wake Republican Club surveyed paid attendees on their preference in the gubernatorial primary.</p><p>Smith won 69 votes, Charlotte Mayor <a href="/under_the_dome/profiles/pat_mccrory">Pat McCrory</a> won 43 votes, former Supreme Court justice <a href="/dome/profiles/bob_orr">Bob Orr</a> won 28 votes and Salisbury attorney <a href="/profiles/bill_graham">Bill Graham</a> won nine votes.</p><p>Graham&#39;s showing may have been hurt by the fact that he was the only one of the four who was not in attendance, however. </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/smith_wins_wake_gop_straw_poll#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (1)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/smith_wins_wake_gop_straw_poll#comment Bill Graham Bob Orr Fred Smith Governor &#039;08 Pat McCrory President&#039;s Day Dinner straw poll Under the Dome Wake County Republican Party Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:02:40 -0500 ryanteaguebeckwith 5095 at http://projects.newsobserver.com