Texas Gov. Rick Perry has asked Mike Huckabee to drop out of the GOP presidential race, but Huckabee -- who says he's banking on "miracles" in his long-shot bid against John McCain -- declined.

Perry, a McCain supporter, called Huckabee Friday asking him to pull out for the good of the party, according to a senior Huckabee campaign aide.

Huckabee confirmed he received the call, and said he didn't take it seriously.

"I told that him while I appreciated it, with all due respect, since he was already on someone else's team that I had to discount his advice since he had a vested interest in my not winning and McCain winning," he said. "Since he was endorsing my opponent, therecommendation rang a little hollow to me. Again it was a cordial conversation but not one that I would take seriously."

Huckabee won the Kansas GOP caucuses Saturday, after telling the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., that morning, "I didn't major in math .... I majored in miracles, and I still believe in them."

The former Arkansas governor and Southern Baptist pastor told the audience he would not be quitting.

But he still trails McCain by a wide margin in the delegate count.

Perry placed the call to Huckabee after Mitt Romney pulled out of the race earlier in the week, leaving McCain the presumptive nominee.

FOX News' Serafin Gomez contributed to this report.