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New Poll Has Perry Closer to Avoiding Runoff in Texas GOP Primary
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyA Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 23 has Gov. Rick Perry much closer to the magic 50 percent mark he would need to notch in next Tuesday's primary to avoid a runoff in the race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Perry leads Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison by 48 percent to 27 percent, with 16 percent for Debra Medina, the favorite of conservative activists and the Tea Party movement. Nine percent were undecided. In Rasmussen's poll at the beginning of the month, Perry had led Hutchison by 44 percent to 29 percent, with 16 percent for Medina. A Public Policy Polling survey conducted ...
Perry Leads Race for GOP Governor Nod in Texas, But Runoff Is Likely
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTexas Gov. Rick Perry still has a comfortable lead going into next Tuesday's GOP primary, but it's looking like he will not get enough votes to avoid a run-off with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Feb. 19-21. Perry leads Hutchison BY 40 percent to 31 percent, with 20 percent for Debra Medina, a favorite of conservative activists and Tea Partiers. Nine percent are undecided. The margin of error is 4.9 percent. Medina, who surged from a start of four points in the polls last year to coming within four points of Hutchison, appears to have faded. ...
Medina Gaffe Could Help Perry Avoid Run-Off in Texas Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTexas Gov. Rick Perry remains comfortably ahead in the three-way race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination but doesn't have enough of a lead to avoid a runoff in the March 2 primary, according to a poll for Texas newspapers conducted Feb. 2-10. However, that could change in the wake of remarks made last week by conservative activist and Tea Party favorite Debra Medina. Asked on the Glenn Beck radio show if the American government had any involvement in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Medina answered: "I think some very good questions have been raised in that regard. There's some very good ...
Another Poll Shows Perry Ahead of GOP Pack in Texas Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe latest survey of the Texas governor race pretty much tracks with other recent ones: Gov. Rick Perry is leading with 45 percent in the race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison at 21 percent and Tea Party-favorite Debra Medina close behind at 19 percent. Sixteen percent are undecided. The poll, conducted Feb. 1-7 by the University of Texas for the Texas Tribune, said that if the undecideds had to make a choice, 51 percent would go with Perry, 34 percent for Hutchison and 15 percent for Medina. Fifty-one percent of Perry's backers say they support him "very ...
GOP Governor Hopefuls in Texas All Lead the Democrat, But Not By a Lot
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyAll three Republicans seeking their party's nomination for Texas governor lead Democrat Bill White in general election matchups, although not by margins that put the race out of reach, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Feb. 4-7. Gov. Rick Perry leads White, the former Houston mayor, by 48 percent to 42 percent with 10 percent undecided. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is ahead 45 percent to 38 percent with 17 percent undecided. And upstart candidate Debra Medina, a favorite of Tea Party and conservative activists, leads White 44 percent to 38 percent with 18 percent undecided. ...
Insurgent Debra Medina Shakes Up GOP Governor Race in Texas
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFollowing a series of elections where conservative activists, Tea Partiers, disgruntled independents and energized Republicans have shaken things up, a political neophyte in Texas is riding that same kind of wave and may affect the outcome of the race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. Debra Medina, who was a former GOP county chairman and runs a medical billing business, has pulled within four points of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who, like Medina, is mounting a primary challenge to Gov. Rick Perry, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Feb. 4-7. (Read the Houston ...
GOP Upstart Medina Makes Strong Showing in Texas Governor Match-Up
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTexas Gov. Rick Perry and his rival for the gubernatorial nomination, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, both are leading Democrat Bill White, the former Houston mayor, in general election match-ups -- as was the case in a previous survey -- but the surprise is that Debra Medina, a favorite of conservative and Tea Party activists, also makes a strong showing against White, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 1. Perry leads White 48 percent to 39 percent with 5 percent preferring some other candidate and 8 percent undecided. Bailey leads him 49 percent to 36 percent with 7 percent ...
Rick Perry Leads Kay Bailey Hutchison for GOP Governor Nod
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTexas Gov. Rick Perry holds a 43 percent to 33 percent lead over Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in their race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, with former Wharton County GOP chairwoman Debra Medina getting 12 percent, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Jan. 17. Eleven percent are undecided. Perry had led 46 percent to 35 percent in November. Only Medina, a Libertarian who may have appeal to Tea Party voters, showed some movement, improving on her single-digit standing in Rasmussen's last poll. Perry and Hutchison match up about the same against Houston Mayor Bill White in a ...
Perry Leads Hutchison in Texas Governor Contest
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTexas Gov. Rick Perry leads Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, 46 percent to 35 percent, in the race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, with Debra Medina, a former county GOP chairman, drawing 4 percent, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Nov. 11. Fourteen percent are undecided. ...
Hutchison Catches Perry in Texas Governor's Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTexas 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. ...
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