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Margin virtually unchanged after months of campaigning AUSTIN — Ill will toward President Barack Obama and a voter belief that Republican Gov. Rick Perry has helped save the Texas economy are giving Perry a re-election lead over Democrat and former Houston Mayor Bill White, according to a new poll done for the Houston Chronicle and four other state newspapers. Perry leads with 46 percent support to 39 percent for White, with Libertarian candidate Kathie Glass trailing at 4 percent among likely voters; 11 percent were undecided. Green Party candidate Deb Shafto had less than 1 percent support. "It's not an...

If former Houston Mayor Bill White is able to prevent Gov. Rick Perry from an unprecedented third term in November, he’ll most likely have received an assist from Libertarian Kathie Glass. Glass, a Houston lawyer who has been keeping a rigorous traveling schedule of tea party events, American Legion venues and radio talk show appearances, is campaigning on a platform of limited government and secure borders. On the stump, her blunt talk, accusing Perry of giving a wink and a nod to President Barack Obama, makes her an immediate presence. And a poll taken earlier this month showed her registering...

SAN ANTONIO — The afternoon drive time was choked with construction dust and clogged with bumper-to-bumper traffic as KTSA talk radio's Kevin Wall introduced weary drivers to the woman who could become a political nightmare for Gov. Rick Perry. "For those of you that have called in complaining: You hate Bill White. You hate Rick Perry even worse. So, what's the alternative? Kathie Glass is the alternative in the state of Texas," Wall said. Glass, 56, is a Houston civil lawyer and Libertarian candidate for governor who is trying to pick up the frustrated right's mantel where Debra Medina dropped...