2010: PPP Poll and Runoff Likelihoods

With one week to go before election day, the latest Public Policy Polling snapshot shows the Republican gubernatorial candidates likely headed into a runoff and Democrats avoiding one.

Republicans

Perry 40%

Hutchison 31%

Medina 20%

Democrats

White 59%

Shami 12%

Unless the undecideds go big for Perry in this final week, this poll shows he won't clear the 50 percent hurdle needed for an outright victory. But according to the pollsters, Perry "leads Hutchison 52-35 in a potential runoff thanks in large part to Medina's supporters, who say Perry is their second choice by a 52-24 margin."

A lot of you have been wondering how the 9/11 "truther" incident would play for longshot-turned-phenom Debra Medina. It appears from the poll that she's taken a hit in her favorability numbers, but she's holding steady at 20 percent, so it's not the kind of precipitous drop that some expected.

See the full results for more details.