Clark County Republicans choose Sharron Angle for U.S. Senate

Former Reno assemblywoman Sharron Angle won a straw poll of Clark County Republican Party members picking their favorite candidate to challenge U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., in November.

Angle got 49 votes in the Jan. 19 poll, followed by Las Vegas businessman Danny Tarkanian at 48 and former Nevada Republican Party chairwoman Sue Lowden at 46. Investment banker John Chachas and state Sen. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, got three votes each.

The poll was taken during a meeting of party members in Nevada's most populous county.

The poll also asked party members whether they thought the Clark County Republican Party was doing a good job representing "political needs and wants" of party members, 65 said "yes", 79 said "no" and 54 didn't know. A similar question about the state party generate 38 "yes", 135 "no" and 30 "don't know" votes.

Results of the entire poll can be found here.