UPDATED: Romney wins Illinois Straw Poll

I received this update on Blackberry and I don't have more details at this time, but Mitt Romney is the winner of the Illinois Republican Straw Poll that was held in Springfield at the state fair today.

UPDATE 6:15PM CDT: Here are the percentage totals for each candidate:

Mitt Romney – 40.35%
Fred Thompson – 19.96%
Ron Paul – 18.87%
Rudy Giuliani – 11.61%
John McCain – 4.12%
Mike Huckabee – 3.04%
Sam Brownback – 1.08%
Duncan Hunter - .65%
Tom Tancrado - .33%

UPDATE Aug. 17 9:40 AM CDT: Springfield's Rich Miller of Capitol Fax makes that claim that Romney "bussed a ton of people in."


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