Chavez-Thompson wins Democratic nomination for Lt Gov (beats Ronnie Earle, Tom Delay prosecutor)

Dallas Morning News ^ | 8:08 AM Wed, Mar 03, 2010 | Terrence Stutz

[fortheDeclaration]

The GOP in Texas is going to win big in Nov.

[fortheDeclaration]

No, if she runs, she will only hurt her own future in the GOP Party, which could be quite bright with her strong showing.

GOP voters aren't going the third Party route.

[DM1]

i hope so
i read a poll in one article or other saying Perry was at the mid 40s and white and high 30s
too close for comfort for me
especially since Texas will add about 4 new congressional seats with redistricting

[fortheDeclaration]

2010 is going to be a very bad year for Democrats.

And everyone was expecting a runoff in the GOP, but Perry won with enough votes to avoid that.

Texas is doing very well, so I don't expect Perry to have any real problems.

We should have a clean sweep on Nov.

[DM1]

excellent
i hope your prediction comes true my friend

[Paleo Conservative]

Debra Medina (RINO) has said she will not endorse Perry. She could still run third party or endorse another candidate.

If she runs, she could syphon off enough votes to make things go badly for Rick.

No she can't! This isn't Connecticut. In Texas a candidate who loses a party's primary can't get a position as an independent candidate on the ballot for the general election. This is way Carol Keaton Rylander [Your Name Here] Strayhorn didn't run in the Republican primary in 2006. Not only that, but an independent candidate must come up with signatures of people who did not vote in any party's primary.

[deport]

Rasmussen has it :

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/texas/election_2010_texas_governor
Perry 49
WHite 43
O/Und 11

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/021410dntexgovpollquestions.10f648836.html
Another mid Feb
Rick Perry: 43%
Bill White: 37%
Other: 1 %
Not sure/no answer/wouldn’t vote: 20 percent

The polls leading up to the Primary last Tuesday basically had Perry defeating White fairly easily. I think White was put further behind when Perry won the GOP primary outright last Tuesday. Had it gone to a runoff then White would have been free to raise money, tour the state and introduce himself, etc without having to begin a campaign immediately. White although Mayor of Houston for 6 years maybe well known in democratic circles but isn’t well know across Texas to the general populace so he has a lot of work to do, imo.