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Sen. Rand Paul was the top choice of conservatives in a straw poll for potential Republican presidential contenders at an annual conservative conference near Washington.

The Kentucky Republican has been a repeat favorite among the GOP's right flank, and won the Conservative Political Action Conference poll for the third consecutive year.

Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker tallied a close second, while the remaining dozen or so contenders trailed, according to results in the Washington Times, which sponsored the contest.

Paul earned 25.7% of the vote, followed by Walker with 21.4%.

Most of the Republicans who took to the stage at the annual multi-day conference over the river from the capital have not yet officially declared their intentions to run for president in 2016.

But the conservative gathering provides a proving ground for the budding campaigns. The record-breaking crowd topped 11,000, organizers said.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took 11.5%, narrowly besting retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson at 11.4%.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush acknowledged during his talk that he would be happy if skeptics who view him as more moderate than they prefer would consider him their "second choice." He won 8.3%.

Another Floridian, Sen. Marco Rubio, took 3.7%.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie neared the middle of the tally, with 2.8% -- behind Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina, but ahead of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

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Story highlights Rand Paul wants his hat in ring for both president and Senate Kentucky GOP moves toward creating caucus to allow that scenario Democratic state official criticizes move

The plan allows the first-term U.S. senator, who's running for re-election and making a likely bid for president, to get around a Kentucky law that prohibits candidates from appearing on the same ballot twice.

Rand Paul searches for green light on caucus proposal

After Paul met with the party's 54-member executive committee in Bowling Green for a two-hour session, the group voted unanimously to appoint a smaller committee that would decide the rules and regulations of how a caucus would be held.

The final vote would come in August when a larger gathering of the Kentucky GOP is scheduled to meet and hear a more detailed plan from the task force.

"We thank the members of RPK for their unanimous support and look forward to continuing this process," said Paul's top adviser, Doug Stafford, in a statement.

Kentucky law allows the state party to determine the details of its presidential preference vote, but not the primary for other elected offices in the state.

In other words, Paul's name for his Senate re-election bid would still remain on the May 2016 primary ballot, but the presidential vote would likely move up earlier in the year to March.

The senator appeared at the meeting to address some concerns about a caucus, namely the increased cost, as well as the lower voter turnout typically associated with caucuses.

He has pledged to raise money through his donor network to help offset the costs, and proponents of the caucus argue that the significant media attention expected and Kentucky's earlier placement in the nominating calendar would spur just as much turnout.

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