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Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison would beat Gov. Rick Perry if she chooses to run against him in a Republican primary in Texas in 2010, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Feb. 18-20 among likely Republican voters.

Hutchison, who has taken several jabs at Perry, leads him 56percent to 31 percent with 13 percent undecided. Both have high favorable to unfavorable ratios with Perry at 60 percent to 27 percent and Hutchison at 76 percent to 15 percent, but Perry's unfavorables are clearly higher.

"Rick Perry is in grave danger of losing in the primary," said PPP's Dean Debnam. " It's partly because he's worn out his welcome with a certain segment of the Republican electorate but the even bigger reason is that Kay Bailey Hutchison is just a lot more popular than him."