Texas Gov. Rick Perry won the Republican primary Tuesday night with an outright majority (51%), avoiding a potentially costly runoff election against Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who had 31% of the vote.

Hutchison called Perry to concede, when it seemed as if polls were indicating he would win.  She noted, “Now we must unite," she said. "We must win Texas for Republicans.”

Perry told his supporters at his election-night party that the message sent by voters was clear, “Conservatism has never been stronger than it is today.”  And that Washington must “Stop messing with Texas.”

Perry has just ended a year long intra-party battle against a tough moderate Republican and will be coming up against another tough race with a moderate Democrat in Bill White for the Governors seat in the November Election.  Perry is running for his 3rd consecutive term, which would be the longest in Texas history.

This should be an interesting race!  Stay tuned to RSVPsocial.com for all the latest.