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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.

AMES: 11,000 Have Voted As Of 2:00 p.m.

By Marc Ambinder
Aug 11 2007, 4:01 PM ET Comment

Untitled.jpg The Iowa Republican Party has informed the presidential campaign that approximately 11,000 GOPers voted in the straw poll as of 2:00 p.m..

That would suggest that turnout might not meet the expectation of the state party.

Voting closes at 6:00 pm CST.

We'll know the results at 7:00 pm ET.

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