Secretary of State Marco Rubio came out on top in this past weekend’s nonpartisan straw poll at the Western Conservative Summit, outpacing a packed field of would-be 2028 presidential hopefuls.

Hosted by the Centennial Institute, Colorado Christian University’s public policy think tank, the summit ranks among the largest annual gatherings of conservatives in the Western United States, with this year’s summit drawing over 500 attendees under the theme, “A New Birth of Freedom: Reigniting the American Dream.”