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Huckabee Is 2012 Favorite in Values Voters' Poll

Former Arkansas governor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee won the straw poll at an annual conference of "values voters" over the weekend. The poll, closely watched as an indicator of the political climate among religious conservatives, saw Huckabee taking 29 percent of the votes, while former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Rep. Mike Pence each came in with about 12 percent. Other candidates in the poll who barely made a showing: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Texas Rep. ...

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