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Gov. Rick Perry leads Democrat Bill White 50-41 in the latest poll from Rasmussen Reports. That's comparable to the 48-40 split the same pollsters reported last month, and with the exception of April (when they were four points apart), it's about where Rasmussen has had this race all year.

Democrat Bill White raised more money than Republican Rick Perry and had $3.1 million more in the bank than the governor at mid-year, according to their campaign finance reports.

Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, says he's talking to the Texas A&M University System about a vice chancellor's job there, but says the issue is "unresolved," and that the public conversation about his intentions "is really premature."

If campaign finance reports are a show of strength, House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, is making a muscle.

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is reshuffling eight Senate committee chairmanships.