The LPCA Convention today held an open instant-runoff straw poll after hearing Burns, Kubby, Jingozian, Phillies and Root debate. The counts of first-preference results were: - 20 Wayne Root - 12 Steve Kubby - 12 Ron Paul - 8 George Phillies - 3 Jim Burns - 2 Christine Smith - 2 Mary Ruwart - 2 Karen Kwiatkowski - 1 Michael Jingozian - 1 NOTAAfter the IRV process, the results were - 31 Root - 21 KubbyAll of the anonymous ballots will be made public.Smith's victory in the Super Tuesday primary seemed to have been anomolous, perhaps explicable by her being the only woman in a very crowded field. By winning convincingly in Kubby's home state, Root has established himself as the front-runner in the campaign. I would now rate the odds of nomination as - 50% Root - 35% Kubby - 10% Phillies - 5% Others
-- Posted By Brian Holtz to Libertarian Intelligence at 2/24/2008 05:23:00 PM
