Undecided, Dewhurst Lead Senate Race
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is out front in the latest state opinion poll on the GOP race for the U.S. Senate. Photo by Chris Kosho for KUT NewsAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
The Republican presidential primary has been getting a lot of attention, but that’s not the only national race on the ballot in March. The UT/Texas Tribune opinion poll also tested the race to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison in the U.S. Senate. So far, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is clearly in the lead, but half of GOP voters haven’t made up their mind.
KUT’s Ian Crawford spoke with Ross Ramsey, executive editor of the Tribune, about the race, how big an opening there is for one of the other Republican candidates to challenge Dewhurst, and whether the next U.S. Senator from Texas, for all intents and purposes, could be chosen in March.
The Republican primary right now looks like this could be the race. The Democrats only have one candidate; it’s Ricardo Sanchez; a former lieutenant general, and he only has 11 percent in the Democratic primary. So you look at the Democratic primary, most of those voters haven’t chosen – 55 percent undecided over there.
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