Tancredo Wins Straw Poll in Michigan
Robert B. Bluey, Human Events Online, June 5, 2006
Rep. Tom Tancredo’s get-tough-first attitude on immigration reform is having a positive impact on his possible presidential run in 2008. The Colorado Republican won tonight’s GOP straw poll in Macomb County, Mich., located in the Detroit metro area.
Tancredo took about 18% of the vote of 325 votes cast at the Lincoln Day Dinner. Although it was only a plurality on a fractured GOP ballot, Tancredo beat out GOP heavyweights Rudy Giuliani, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Here are the complete results, courtesy of Michigan GOP Chairman Saul Anuzis:
| Candidate | Votes | Percent |
| Tom Tancredo | 60 | 18.5% |
| Rudy Giuliani | 45 | 13.8% |
| Mitt Romney | 40 | 12.3% |
| Condi Rice | 39 | 12.0% |
| Newt Gingrich | 38 | 11.7% |
| John McCain | 38 | 11.7% |
| George Allen | 21 | 6.5% |
| Mike Pence | 15 | 4.6% |
| Ron Paul | 14 | 4.3% |
| Mike Huckabee | 6 | 1.8% |
| Bill Frist | 4 | 1.2% |
| Alan Keyes | 2 | 0.6% |
| Candice Miller | 2 | 0.6% |
| Sam Brownback | 1 | 0.3% |
Perhaps most surprisingly are the first and last-place finishers. Tancredo is an immigration hawk who leads the House Immigration Reform Caucus, while the normally reliable Brownback has strayed from the conservative base to back President Bush’s immigration plan.
UPDATE—June 6
