Perry leads KBH by 12

[ccharles000]

Gov. Rick Perry leads U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison by 12 percentage points in the Republican primary for governor, but she does better than him in hypothetical matchups with Democrats in next November's general election.

In the inaugural University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, Perry had the support of 42 percent of self-identified Republican primary voters, against Hutchison's 30 percent. Debra Medina got 7 percent, enough — even if she doesn't improve her numbers — to act as a spoiler in the March 2 primary.

On the Democratic side, nobody had great numbers. Kinky Friedman leads the pack, with 19 percent, followed by Tom Schieffer, with 10 percent, former Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle, with 5 percent, Mark Thompson, with 3 percent, Felix Alvarado, with 2 percent, and Hank Gilbert, who got 0.3 percent. Earle hasn't declared, but is looking, and Thompson withdrew from the race after the poll. (The numbers might not add to 100, due to rounding.)

Undecided is currently the runaway favorite in that race, with 55 percent. And "someone else" finished third, at 6 percent. Voters clearly haven't tuned into the Democrats.

http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2009/nov/03/poll-perry-leads-hutchison/

[redqueen]

1. That poll is a bunch of crap.

http://hankgilbert.com/2009/11/gilbert-campaign-statement-on-texas-tribuneut-poll-results/

[texastoast]

5. Hank is the one!

He's getting my money and my time.

[ej510]

2. Most of my family resides in the hole in a wall of a state.

My family in Texas is socially conservative.

[Dr Robert]

3. and the Schism in the Republican Party grows wider...

[blm]

4. Will corpmedia claim that Hutchison's loss is a referendum on Bush and Cheney?

No. They only use that analysis to attack Democrats.