Question: If the election for Governor were today, and you were standing in the voting booth right now, who would you vote for? Republican Rick Perry? Democrat Chris Bell? Libertarian James Werner? Independent Kinky Friedman? Independent Carole Strayhorn? Or some other candidate?

Rick Perry (R) 38%
Chris Bell (D) 22%
Carole Strayhorn (I) 21%
Kinky Friedman (I) 17%
James Werner (L) 1%
Undecided 1%

About this Poll 1,000 Texas adults were interviewed 10/31/06 through 11/2/06. Of then, 829 were registered to vote. Of them, 557 were judged ot be "likely" voters. The poll's sampling margin of error is +/-4.2 percentage points.