Hutchison Catches Perry in Texas Governor's Race

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Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has turned the race for the GOP nomination for governor into a real toss up, leading incumbent Rick Perry 40 percent to 38 percent in a new Rasmussen Reports poll.

Perry led Hutchison in mid-July, when she announced her candidacy, 46 percent to 36 percent. This survey included "tea party" activist Debra Medina, who polled just 3 percent. Nineteen percent of voters are still undecided.

Perry's favorable-to-unfavorable ratio is 72 percent to 26 percent while Hutchison's is 71 percent to 26 percent.

The Sept. 16 poll of 790 likely GOP primary voters has a margin of error of 3.5 percent.

Filed Under: Polls, Governors, Poll Watch

Tagged: Daily Guidance, DailyGuidance, Debra Medina, DebraMedina, Kay Bailey Hutchison, KayBaileyHutchison, Rick Perry, RickPerry, Texas Governors Race, TexasGovernorsRace

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