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reagle
01-29-2010, 06:20 PM
Medina a wild card in governor's race
12:00 AM CST on Friday, January 29, 2010

By CHRISTY HOPPE / The Dallas Morning News
choppe@dallasnews.com

AUSTIN – Debra Medina has come out of far right field to add some fire and suspense to the GOP governor's primary, and many believe, tilt the outcome.

During tonight's debate, sponsored by The Dallas Morning News and Belo Corp. television stations, she is again ready to challenge the state's Republican titans, Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Medina's message: that she is the sole straight-talking, steadfast conservative.

As her poll numbers hover around 12 percent, there is a growing belief that Medina, a Wharton nurse and businesswoman, could force a runoff between Perry and Hutchison, continuing a costly fight and weakening the eventual nominee. If no candidate gets 50 percent of the vote in the March 2 primary, the top two finishers will face off April 13.

Few believe she could surpass either Hutchison or Perry and make the runoff, but the Ron Paul-Tea Party upstart is carving out her own highly loyal and vocal following, showing fault lines in the Republican Party. She is pulling support, it appears, from both Perry and Hutchison, who are finding it much more difficult to ignore her.

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FrankRep
01-29-2010, 06:29 PM
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