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Mitt Romney Leads New Hampshire Presidential Straw Poll; Tea Party Favorite Jack Kimball Takes Over State's GOP

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By Felicia Sonmez

Updated: 3:45 p.m.

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R) took the top spot in a presidential straw poll of the 493 members of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee today while tea-party-backed businessman Jack Kimball bested an establishment candidate to become the state party's new chair.

The results were somewhat at odds with each other: Kimball's victory is a boon for New Hampshire's tea-party activists, who have become a rising force within the state party, while Romney's win is a sign that on the presidential level, key party insiders are backing a more establishment candidate a year out from the Granite State's first-in-the-nation primary.

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