-- THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Texas ___ THE NUMBERS - DEMOCRATS Barack Obama, 50 percent Hillary Rodham Clinton, 46 percent ___ THE NUMBERS - REPUBLICANS John McCain, 56 percent Mike Huckabee, 31 percent. Ron Paul, 9 percent ___ OF INTEREST: Clinton and Obama were about even in a CNN-Opinion Research Corp., poll conducted a week ago. With the Texas contest next Tuesday, whites are divided about equally in the new survey, Obama has a large lead among blacks and Clinton is ahead with Hispanics. Democrats and Republicans pick the economy as the top issue they will consider in choosing a candidate. Health care ranks second among Democrats while illegal immigration is No. 2 with Republicans. ___ The CNN-Opinion Research Corp., poll was conducted from Feb. 22-24. It included telephone interviews with 861 likely Democratic voters in the Texas primary and 751 likely Republican voters. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points for both Democratic and Republican voters. ___ COMPLETE RESULTS:
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