Pawlenty near the bottom in GOP 2012 poll

Rasmussen Reports released a 2012 GOP preference poll and found that former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is the most popular. Huckabee received 29 percent support from those polled. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was second with 24 percent. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin received 18 percent and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich received 12 percent. 7 percent are undecided. 6 percent of those polled say they support some other candidate.

Governor Pawlenty, who is in California today to speak before the Western Conservative Political Action Committee, received 4 percent support.

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