Saturday marked the very first contest in the 2016 Republican presidential primary. At the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center, a hulking Las Vegas style hotel complex on the shores of the Potomac River, conservative activists voted for Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky in the CPAC straw poll. The libertarian hero narrowly edged Florida Senator Marco Rubio by a margin of 25% to 23%.
Published on March 16, 2013 16:23