Posts Tagged ‘texas governors race’

Perry beating KBH by 12 points in GOP primary   AUSTIN (KXAN) - Gov. Rick Perry has a 12-point lead over challenger U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Republican primary governor's race according to a University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Perry held the support of 42 percent of Republican primary voters to Hutchison's 30 percent. Third G.O.P. candidate ... Full story

Despite his opponent’s seriousness, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) isn’t entirely certain that he will have a primary challenger next year. But to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), the question is settled. “I don’t know why he’s skeptical. I think I’ve given every signal that I know how to give that I’m running for governor,” she said in an interview with The Hill on Wednesday. In an hourlong ... Full story

"Come and Take It" reads the white-on-black lettering across the top of Texas Gov. Rick Perry's boots, a slogan ostensibly about the 1835 Texas War of Independence but one that could easily apply to his 2010 Republican primary challenge from Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Perry, during a sit-down with a dozen or so Washington-based reporters late last ... Full story