Iowa poll ranks Jeb Bush 7th among Republican 2016 hopefuls

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A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday shows Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in the lead in Iowa for the GOP's 2016 presidential nomination — and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in a distant seventh place.

Only 5 percent of Iowa Republicans said that they would vote for Bush if the caucus were held the day of the poll. Twenty-one percent of respondents, meanwhile, said they would vote for Scott Walker.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.