Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp, Mitt Romney, Rand Paul. After this weekend, that’s the list of Republicans who have won straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference three years in a row. The Kentucky senator beat out Wisconsin governor Scott Walker in a close race with 25.7 percent of vote.

Walker finished second in the straw poll with 21.4 percent of the vote, followed by Senator Ted Cruz of Texas (11.5 percent), who was last year’s second-place winner. Neurosurgeon Ben Carson came in fourth (11.4 percent) and former Florida governor Jeb Bush came in fifth (8.3 percent).

The announcement of Paul’s win wrapped up the three-day gathering at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. It was the last one before the 2016 primary process gets underway, and offered a snapshot of where the base stands on the likely candidates.

Prior to the announcement, pollster Kellyanne Conway told the audience that 3,007 votes were cast, an increase over the 2,400 from last year. Fifty percent of them were under the age of 25.

Paul organizers have mastered securing a strong presence at CPAC, as evidenced by his previous success: the conference is full of supporters donning t-shirt, stickers, and signs backing the senator. His speech was arguably the most heavily attended of the conference, and included multiple interruptions of “President Paul” chants.

Saturday marked the the fifth time in six years that a Paul has won the straw poll at CPAC. In 2010 and 2011, the senator’s father, the now-retired Representative Ron Paul of Texas, took first place; Rand has won it every year since 2013, the year after the last presidential election.