Results of voting Saturday at the 1999 GOP Straw Poll in Ames, Iowa:1. George W. Bush 7,418

2. Steve Forbes 4,921

3. Elizabeth Dole 3,410

4. Gary Bauer 2,114

5. Pat Buchanan 1,719

6. Lamar Alexander 1,428

7. Alan Keyes 1,101

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8. Dan Quayle 916

9. Orrin Hatch 558

10. John McCain 83

Party leaders said 24,549 ballots were cast, but some were improperly marked and were not counted. Alone among the 10 leading candidates, John McCain did not campaign in Iowa.

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