per y so far senator hutchison has struggled to turn her popularity into congress to a candidate. perry is gaining traction and painting hutchison as a d.c. insider. carl cameron is live in driftwood, texas. what are perry s chances? they re strong. the polls suggest the runup you had a strong lead and hovering in the mid 40s. it is likely he will be the big vote getter on the republican side. hutchison is at least 15 points behind. the question is whether or not perry can meet the 50% threshold to avoid a runoff. a third candidate, debra medina. if he falls short of 50%, and there s a possibility of that, then it would go to runoff with