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| Poll shows Kirk
and Cornyn tied |
| Polling by Montgomery & Associates, shows Attorney
General John Cornyn and former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk are currently tied in their Senate
seat race. The poll conducted among Texans who had voted in at least one of the two last
elections, Cornyn scored 46.3% vs. Kirk’s 43.7%. (8.7% was undecided.) Hispanics support Kirk 57.5% Blacks 83.9% while 56.5% of Anglos support Cornyn. The race was close in most regions across the state, although Cornyn led in Houston (54.7% to 32%) while Kirk led in the South Texas/Border area (52.1% to 38.7%). In his previous release, Montgomery characterized the minority vote in the Governor’s race this way, “There is a strong split along ethnic lines in this race, with Sanchez holding a strong lead among Hispanics (57.9%, compared to 37.3% for Perry) and Blacks (a 43-point margin over Perry), while Anglos go to Perry by 72.6% to 21.4%, more than 50 points.” |
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