Vote 2010: A quick look at the Texas primary winners

DALLAS- Primary night is over and most of the votes have been counted. 

The race for Texas governor is set. It will be Gov. Rick Perry versus Democratic challenger Bill White in the November face-off. Perry was able to avoid a runoff in the Republican primary, winning 51 percent of the vote to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's 30 percent and Debra Medina's 19 percent.

Perry celebrated his victory outside Austin praising his Republican challengers and saying now is the time for party unity. Perry is already the longest serving Texas governor.

As for the governor's chief challenger, some are wondering if Hutchison will reconsider her plans of leaving the Senate. She graciously conceded the governor's race in Dallas Tuesday night, and she also echoed Perry's words about party unity.

"I will work with Gov. Perry," she said. "We all must do that."

Hutchison had kind words for Medina, saying she ran a feisty and spirited campaign.

As for Medina and her Tea Party supporters, the election was a coming out party and a chance to test ideas like swapping the property tax for a sales tax. While many people gave her no chance of winning, Medina said she believes her candidacy served a purpose.

In the Democratic primary, former Houston Mayor Bill White overwhelmingly won the nomination with 76 percent of the vote. His closest competitor was the self-made millionaire Farouk Shami, who garnered 13 percent of the vote.

During his victory speech in Houston Tuesday night, White took aim at the man he'll face come November. He said Texans deserve a new governor. White also called Perry a professional politician who knows all the tricks of the trade.
 
While Farouk Shami spent a lot of his own money on the campaign, it wasn't enough. Shami is a self-made millionaire who says he came to the United States with $71 in his pocket. He promised to run the state like a business.
      
In other state races, Linda Chavez-Thompson secured the Democratic primary nomination for lieutenant governor despite coming into the race late. She won with 53 percent of the vote, beating former Travis County district attorney Ronnie Earle and Austin deli owner Marc Katz.

Chavez-Thompson faces Republican incumbent Dave Dewhurst, who was unopposed.

Kinky Friedman made the Democratic primary race for agriculture commissioner an interesting one, but the musician and author couldn't pull off a win. Friedman received 48 percent of the vote and rancher and Houston native Hank Gilbert won with 52 percent of the vote.