Finishing behind Paul's 1,907 votes was businessman Herman Cain with 670 votes or 18 percent; former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 515 votes or 14 percent; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich with 332 votes or 9 percent; Texas Gov. Rick Perry with 87 votes or 2.5 percent; former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman with 54 votes or 1.5 percent; former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum with 43 votes or 1.2 percent; and Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann with 41 votes or 1.1 percent.



Paul traditionally has done well in online polling and won 66.5 percent of the 2,743 on-line votes cast, but only 8 percent of the 906 in-person ballots cast Saturday. Among in-person voting, Romney led with 35 percent to Cain's 29 percent.



State GOP Chair Pat Brady and Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk of Highland Park said they hoped the straw poll would become a tradition and draw presidential contenders to the state for more than just fundraising.



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