Trump to speak at CPAC after winning straw poll
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Fort Washington, Maryland — Former President Donald Trump will give the final major address at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Saturday evening, after winning the event's traditional straw poll again.
Trump cleared the straw poll, which CPAC says 2,000 attendees completed, with 62% of the vote. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, thought of as Trump's most formidable rival in part due to his history of fundraising and rankings in early polls on the primary, was second with 20% of the vote.
The event, which usually attracts a number of presidential hopefuls beginning to launch their campaigns, featured only the other two candidates who have declared their candidacy, former Ambassador to the U.N. and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Among the major GOP figures mulling a bid, only former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed the conference. Several of them skipped out on CPAC and instead appeared at a donor retreat in Palm Beach, Florida, hosted by the conservative group Club for Growth.
