Groundhog Day for Perry? [Politics]

Courtesy Austinist  Tue, 03/02/2010 - 5:08pm

What could have been an easy race for an incumbent may become a day of reckoning. From the Quorum Report : if Rick Perry sees Kay Bailey Hutchison's shadow today, we're in for another 6 weeks of negative campaigning.

From the start of the year until February 20, Hutchison and Perry each spent more than Bill White, Farouk Shami, and Debra Medina combined.

Pulling votes from Perry is Debra Medina, who has already generated interest as far away...



 

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