MEDIA ADVISORY	CONTACT:  Lisa Ziriax
For Immediate Release	405-596-3873
September 30, 2007	lziriax@nfrw.org

Giuliani Wins Majority Vote in National Federation
of Republican Women Presidential Straw Poll

Nine Republican Presidential Candidates Featured on Ballot

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – A majority of delegates to the 34th biennial convention of the National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW) threw their support behind former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in the organization’s Republican presidential straw poll, Sept. 30.

Giuliani received 50.21% of the 765 votes cast. Rounding out the top four vote-getters were former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson, 20.94%; former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 14.42%; and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, 6.66%. Those four candidates accounted for more than 90% of the vote.

The straw poll also featured U.S. Sens. Sam Brownback (.28%) and John McCain (1.8%) and Congressmen Duncan Hunter (4.02%), Ron Paul (.42%) and Tom Tancredo (1.25%). Giuliani’s victory followed his address to the convention the previous day.

The NFRW, which does not make endorsements during the Republican primaries, invited several Republican presidential candidates to address the convention, including Brownback, McCain, Romney and Thompson.

Founded in 1938, the NFRW is one of the largest women’s political organizations in the country with 1,825 local clubs nationwide. The grassroots organization recruits and elects Republican candidates, advocates the Party’s philosophy and initiatives, and empowers women in the political process.

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