Smith wins Wake GOP straw poll

Fred Smith won the Wake County GOP straw poll.

At the President's Day Dinner tonight, the Western Wake Republican Club surveyed paid attendees on their preference in the gubernatorial primary.

Smith won 69 votes, Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory won 43 votes, former Supreme Court justice Bob Orr won 28 votes and Salisbury attorney Bill Graham won nine votes.

Graham's showing may have been hurt by the fact that he was the only one of the four who was not in attendance, however.