Fred Smith won a straw poll in Henderson County.
At the Henderson County Republican Party's annual Lincoln Lunch Saturday, the Republican gubernatorial candidate received 81 votes, the Burlington Times-News reports.
Former Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr, who is from Hendersonville, received 36. Salisbury attorney Bill Graham came in third with 14 votes and Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory picked up 10 votes.
A spokesman for Smith said that he also won recent straw polls in Rutherford and Catawba counties.
Voters in the straw poll also picked U.S. Sen. Richard Burr to be John McCain's running mate.
He got 43 votes, followed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee with 22, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with 12, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford with 11 and former Massachusetts Gov Mitt Romney with 10.
Correction: An earlier version of this post misstated Graham's support.
