Question: If the election for Texas governor were held today, would you vote for: [Randomize 1-2]

1. Rick Perry (Republican) 44%
2. Bill White (Democrat) 35%
3. Someone else 7%
4. Undecided 15%

Republican Rick Perry leads Democrat Bill White by nine percentage points — 44 percent to 35 percent — in the 2010 race for governor, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.

Those numbers are identical to the results of a "fantasy race" between White and Perry in the February UT/TT poll, which was taken before Democratic and Republican primary voters selected the two men as their nominees. This time, 15 percent said they don't know yet who they'll vote for, and 7 percent said they'd prefer "someone else." That last finding could be consequential: Libertarians will choose their candidate for governor at a state convention next month, and that candidate or a write-in or some combination of the two could give those "someone else" voters a place to go.

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N=800 Adults
5/23/10 6:17 PM