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Conservative political activists believe Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney should pick Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) as his running mate, based on a straw poll conducted Friday night after the Conservative Political Action Conference in Chicago.

Rubio, the choice of 30 percent of the activists in attendance, received more than double the votes of any other candidate. 

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie earned the nod of 14 percent of attendees of the one day event, hosted by the American Conservative Union, while Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) garnered nine percent and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was the choice of 8 percent of the assembled crowd. Some 13 potential candidates received votes, but notably none of Romney's former rivals for the Republican presidential nomination cracked the top five.

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