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  TX Governor
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Texas > Governor
OfficeGovernor
HonorificGovernor - Abbr: Gov.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline 00, 2010 - 05:00am Central
Polls Open November 02, 2010 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 02, 2010 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 18, 2011 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorJason
Last ModifiedRBH August 23, 2012 03:03am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/07/2006
NameRick Perry Votes1,716,792 (39.03%)
Term01/16/2007 - 01/18/2011 Margin406,455 (+9.24%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/2014
NameGreg Abbott Votes2,796,547 (59.27%)
Term01/20/2015 - 01/15/2019 Margin960,951 (+20.37%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 02, 2010 TX Governor - D Primary
Bill White
D 680,548
Mar 02, 2010 TX Governor - R Primary
Rick Perry
R 1,484,542
Jun 12, 2010 TX Governor - LBT Convention
Kathie Glass
LBT 98
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
12/11/2007 11/02/2010
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Rick Perry 14 21 12 6
Bill White 1 ------
Leaning Call: Rick Perry (99.15%)
Weighted Call: Rick Perry (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

01/17/2010 10/28/2010

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Gov. Rick Perry Mayor Bill White Kathie Glass Deborah Shafto (W) Andy Barron  
PartyRepublican Democratic Libertarian Green Independent  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 2,737,481 (54.97%) 2,106,395 (42.30%) 109,211 (2.19%) 19,516 (0.39%) 7,267 (0.15%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -631,086 (-12.67%) -2,628,270 (-52.78%) -2,717,965 (-54.58%) -2,730,214 (-54.83%)  
Predict Avg.54.65% 43.07% 1.35% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2010 00/00/2010 00/00/2010 00/00/2010 00/00/2010  
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MATCHUP POLLS (25 from 9 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg49.45%-- 41.01%-- 1.16%-- -1.26%-- 0.00%--  
Public Policy Polling 
10/26/10-10/28/10
53.00% 5.0 44.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ccAdvertising (R) 
10/12/10-10/12/10
49.82% -- 35.57% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
University of Texas-Austin 
09/22/10-09/30/10
48.00% 9.0 43.00% 10.0 5.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
09/24/10-09/24/10
48.00% 1.0 42.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Blum & Weprin Associates 
09/15/10-09/22/10
46.00% 3.0 39.00% 2.0 4.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% --
University of Texas-Austin 
09/03/10-09/08/10
39.00% 5.0 33.00% 2.0 5.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
 


EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor

VIDEO ADVERTISEMENTS
Start Date Candidate Category Ad Tone Lng Title Run Time Contributor
09/12/2010 Rick Perry TVAd Biography eng Texas: Open For Business  00:00:00 TX DEM 
09/07/2010 Bill White Web Only Ad Issue eng Border Security  00:00:31 TX DEM 
09/07/2010 TVAd Attack eng Four More Years  00:00:40 TX DEM 
08/30/2010 Bill White Web Only Ad Contrast eng Rick Perry's Lobbyist Ball  00:00:31 TX DEM 
08/10/2010 TVAd Attack eng Hands Off Our Land  00:00:41 TX DEM 
07/27/2010 Bill White Web Only Ad Biography eng San Antonio  00:00:00 TX DEM 
07/11/2010 TVAd Attack eng Rick Perry, Pinching Pennies from Kids  00:00:31 TX DEM 
05/02/2010 Bill White Web Only Ad Biography eng Man on the Move  00:00:31 TX DEM 
02/16/2010 Bill White Web Only Ad Biography eng Money's Worth  00:00:30 TX DEM 
02/05/2010 Bill White Web Only Ad Biography eng Meet Bill White  00:00:30 TX DEM 
02/01/2010 Bill White Web Only Ad Biography eng "Moving Texas Forward"  00:00:30 TX DEM 

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor

INFORMATION LINKS

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 13, 2010 07:20am Scandal Gov. Rick Perry approved $4.5 million for donor's start-up firm without regional board's OK  Article RP 
Sep 14, 2010 06:00pm General Perry-White debate appears extremely unlikely  Article Jason 
Sep 14, 2010 04:00pm News Perry’s Texas Ad Misstep  Article TX DEM 
Sep 05, 2010 10:00am Commentary The most important race you don't know about -- yet  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Aug 12, 2010 06:00am General Gov. Rick Perry calls on Bill White to apologize for 'master' comment  Article Jason 
Jul 29, 2010 05:00pm Endorsement Several former supporters of Hutchison are backing White in Texas governor's race  Article DFWDem 

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