DES MOINES, IA - Republican leaders in Iowa have agreed to end the state's straw poll because of waning interest from presidential hopefuls and questions about the contest's relevancy.
Iowa GOP Chairman Jeff Kauffman says state party officials voted during a Friday morning conference call to end the straw poll, which has been held every summer before a contested presidential caucus since 1979.
For years, the poll has been considered an early but unreliable test of a campaigns' strength.
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