The Polling Center: First Take on the February 2010 Results | 2/12/10
The University of Texas / Texas Tribune poll, conducted from February 1-7, shows Gov. Rick Perry holding a 24-point lead over U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Republican gubernatorial primary contest, with Debra Medina posing a surprisingly strong challenge to Hutchison for second place. Perry garnered 45% of the vote, Hutchison 21%, Debra Medina 19%, with 16% undecided. The sample of 366 Republican primary voters has a margin of error of +/- 5.12 percentage points.
In the Democratic primary, former Houston Mayor Bill White has a 48%-14% advantage over businessman Farouk Shami. Thirty-eight percent of the Democratic sampled ...
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meanrachel wrote on 11/23/2009 10:17 a.m.
Schieffer came into this race with a stunning sense of entitlement. He learned the hard way that while having friends in high places might get you an Ambassadorship, having friends in the wrong high places sure won't win you any favors in a Democratic primary.
RobbieC wrote on 11/23/2009 12:39 p.m.
Nobody with a (D) after their name (or a RINO, in the case of KBH) has even a remote chance of unseating Gov. Perry in 2010.
The anti-Democrat tidal wave that is sweeping the nation, lead by the economy destroying policeis of Pelosi, Reid, and Obama, will be magnified in Red states -- where Obama is NOT on the ticket to draw otherwise indifferent voters to the polls.
The 2009 NJ gubanatorial election, where a Republican won in a very Blue state, will be the norm in 2010...not an exception. Look at the voters shift in VA, too.
It will be a clean sweep state-wide for Republicans in Texas in 2010. Rick Perry as Governor and Michael Williams as our next Senator.
Bet the house on it.