Poll Shows Huckabee Leading in Iowa

ABC/Donna Svennevik(NEW YORK) — Eleven and a half months and counting until the Iowa Caucus on Feb. 1, 2016 that kicks off the presidential primary season.

The leader on the Republican side at this early date, according to an NBC News/Marist survey, is former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who has made no formal declaration that he’s running like all the rest of his potential rivals.

Huckabee leads the pack at 17 percent, with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush at 16 percent and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, the sort of hometown favorite, at 15 percent.

The survey of 320 potential Republican caucus-goers gave single-digit support to the rest of the field, with New Governor Chris Christie polling at nine percent and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul in fifth place with seven percent. Six other possible candidates split the difference.

Huckabee was the 2008 Iowa Caucus winner on the GOP side but did not run in 2012.

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