Kay Bailey Hutchison: Im retiring in 2012

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's decision not to run in 2012 sets off scramble by potential successors
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's decision not to run in 2012 sets off scramble by potential successors 12:00 AM CST on Friday, January 14, 2011 By GROMER JEFFERS Jr. / The Dallas Morning News [email protected] Kay Bailey Hutchison's announcement Thursday that she would not seek another term in 2012 caps a nearly two-decade U.S. Senate run that made her one of the most popular figures in Texas and set off a long-awaited frenzy for the coveted seat. Hutchison, a Dallas Republican, said it wa...

Republican Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to retire
Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced today she will not seek a fourth term, the first Incumbent up for Reelection in 2012 to retire. "I am announcing today that I will not be a Candidate for re-election in 2012," Hutchison said in a statement released this afternoon. "That should give the people of Texas ample time to consider who my successor will be." Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R), Hutchison's home state colleague and the chairman of the National Republican...

Hutchison not running in 2012
Former St. Edward's president Stephen Walsh dies at 69 3 mins ago Former St. Edward's president Stephen Walsh dies at 69 U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Thursday she won't seek re-election next year, ending a nearly 20-year tenure in Washington and opening up one of the best jobs in Texas politics. "When my current term is up, I will have served Texas for 19 years in the United States Senate," Hutchison said in a statement. "I intended to leave this office long before now, but I was pers...

Context Is Everything.
Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling tells us that Kay Bailey Hutchison was probably toast, had she decided to run again (via Jon Chait): Hutchison's Approval Rating with Republicans on our last Texas poll was just 58%. To put that number into some perspective Lisa Murkowski 's approval with Republicans in January of 2010 was 77% and Mike Castle 's in March of 2009 was 69%. They both started out in a much better position against their Tea Party opposition than Hutchison would have, and they both ...

Hutchison want run in 2012
Image via Wikipedia Houston Chronicle: Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced today that she will retire at the end of her current term, quashing speculation that she would run for a fourth full term in the U.S. Senate. In an Open Letter to Texans, Hutchison said she wanted to live "full-time in Texas with my family" and was "forever grateful for the privilege of working for you in the United States Senate." Hutchison's announcement will set off a wild scramble for the Senate seat the Dalla...

DeMint e-mail indicates he'll play major role in Texas race
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) served notice Friday that he intends to play a major role in deciding who emerges from a sizable pack of GOP Senate contenders in Texas. In an e-mail to supporters of his Senate Conservatives Fund (SCF), DeMint talked up two rumored Candidates to replace Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), who announced Thursday she will not be seeking Reelection in 2012. Both of the Candidates are supported by the Tea Party Grassroots movement. His e-mail notably talked down state Lt...

Friday's campaign round-up
FRIDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP.... Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't necessarily generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * With Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) announcing her Retirement next year, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (R) almost immediately declared his intention to run. * On a related note, Dewhurst should probably be considered the frontrunner, but he won't be the only Candidate in the open-seat contest. Dallas Mayor Tom ...

Kay Bailey Hutchison Promises To Call It Quits
Evidently it is possible to come back home to Texas, but Republicans know that sitting Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison won't be doing it to further her Political Career. After getting beaten badly last year in the Republican gubernatorial Primary against favorite Rick Perry, Hutchison's Star has fallen, and she's admitted that she won't seek re-election in 2012, according to the Kansas City Star. It ends 17 years of what had been a fair effort on behalf of Texas and what had been a promising Career. Inst

The Tea Party's First Scalp In 2012
...is Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson. Rather than facing a promised primary challenge from the Tea Party right over the next 18 months (and especially considering the pounding she took in the state's gubernatorial race last year), she's hanging up her spurs altogether. Kay Bailey Hutchison said today that she will not seek another term in the U.S. Senate. "I have known since 2006 that I wouldn't seek another term," the senator said in a telephone interview. "I wanted to announce it ...

Early word from Tea Party: Thumbs down on Dewhurst for Senate
It's still two years before the 2012 election for Senate, but early word from Tea Party is that Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is not its choice to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison. Instead, Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina has emailed supporters of his Senate Conservatives Fund saying he likes Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams and former Texas soliciter general Ted Cruz. The email signals that DeMint -- a leading conservative voice of the Tea Party in the Senate -- wants to get involved in the scram...

Sen. Hutchison Will Not Seek Fourth Term
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a one-time Candidate for the U.S. house in Dallas, has announced that she will not seek a fourth term in the U.S. Senate. The announcement came after wide speculation about the Senator’s future ever since her 22-point loss to Gov. Rick Perry in the Texas GOP gubernatorial primary last March. The story quickly gained national notoriety, with Bloggers at the New York Times pontificating about the Democratic Party’s chances to seize the seat. While a competiti...

Kay Bailey Hutchison announces she will not run for re-election in 2012
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) announced that she will not run in 2012 for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate in a letter to her supporters Thursday. “I am announcing today that I will not be a Candidate for re-election in 2012,” she wrote to supporters. “That should give the people of Texas ample time to consider who my successor will be.” A Politico article last week quoting several Texas politicos suggested that she would run. However, given her votes for the Trouble...

List of possible Hutchison successors takes shape
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s Retirement announcement nearly two years before Texas voters will choose her successor gives aspiring Candidates plenty of time to prepare. The list of Republicans and Democrats who might be interested was already starting to take shape Thursday after Hutchison announced in a letter to supporters that she would not seek Reelection when her term ends in 2012. The state’s first female senator has occupied her seat for nearly two ...

List of possible Hutchison successors takes shape
FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2010, file photo Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, addresses the Greater Houston Pachyderm Club in Houston. Hutchison announced Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, that she will retire after her current term expires next year. U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's Retirement announcement nearly two years before Texas voters will choose her successor gives aspiring Candidates plenty of time to prepare. The list of Republicans and Democrats who might be interested was already starting t...

What Hutchison's Retirement Means
Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's announcement on Thursday that she won't seek re-election will set off a flurry of activity as Candidates seek to position themselves for the 2012 race in the reliably Republican state. In a statement Thursday, Hutchison said she was stepping aside so the 2012 race can start in earnest without her. "I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for re-election in 2012," she said. "That should give the people of Texas ample time to consider who my success...

DeMint's endorsement back up for grabs in Texas
Sen. Jim DeMint, the conservative king-maker who initally backed Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams to fill Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's Senate seat, is now openly testing the reception for other Candidates. It doesn't necessarily appear to be an instance of Bait-and-Switch, but in an e-mail to supporters Friday morning DeMint floats the name of former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, in addition to Williams. "Based on media reports following Senator Hutchison's announcement, the Wash...

Would-be successors kick into high gear after Hutchison's announcement
Would-be successors kick into high gear after Hutchison's announcement 12:00 AM CST on Friday, January 14, 2011 By WAYNE SLATER / The Dallas Morning News [email protected] / The Dallas Morning News Christy Hoppe contributed to this report. AUSTIN - Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst was busy outlining his legislative goals to about 40 reporters at a luncheon Thursday when his Press Secretary slipped him the note: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison isn't running. At the same time, reporters' phones ...

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison won't run again
Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced today that she will retire at the end of her current term, quashing speculation that she would run for a fourth full term in the U.S. Senate. In an Open Letter to Texans, Hutchison said she wanted to live "full-time in Texas with my family" and was "forever grateful for the privilege of working for you in the United States Senate." Hutchison's announcement will set off a wild scramble for the Senate seat the Dallas Republican first won in a 1993 spec...

List Of Possible Kay Bailey Hutchison Successors Takes Shape
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's Retirement announcement nearly two years before Texas voters will choose her successor gives aspiring Candidates plenty of time to prepare. The list of Republicans and Democrats who might be interested was already starting to take shape Thursday after Hutchison announced in a letter to supporters that she would not seek Reelection when her term ends in 2012. The state's first female senator has occupied her seat for nearly two decades and, ob...

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison won't seek reelection
Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced today she will not seek a fourth term, the first Incumbent up for Reelection in 2012 to retire. "I am announcing today that I will not be a Candidate for re-election in 2012," Hutchison said in a statement released this afternoon. "That should give the people of Texas ample time to consider who my successor will be." Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R), Hutchison's home state colleague and the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, p...

DeMint Drops Names In Texas
South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint (R), whose Senate Conservatives Fund is a major Tea Party Fundraising force, chimed in Friday morning on which Candidates he may endorse in the open seat Texas Senate race. In an e-mail to supporters less than 24 hours after Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) announced she won't seek re-election, DeMint poured cold water on the potential candidacy of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (R) and touted potential contenders Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams (R) and former solicit...

Expect a scramble for U.S. Senate seat
Expect a crowded field, state jobs are on the chopping block and House members get fewer dollars for their Budgets. (Happy Birthday today to U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, on Saturday to Ben Wright, and on Sunday to Harold Cook.) The House and Senate are out until Tuesday. So U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who worked across the aisle to bring millions of dollars back to Texas for research, the Military and infrastructure projects but who lost her seat last year as voters grew less and less impressed...

Hutchison Not Running in 2012
Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. Republican Texas senator Kay Bailey Hutchison announced today she isn't running for Reelection in 2012. Hutchison had planned to resign from the Senate to run for Governor last year, but chose to serve out her term after losing the Republican primary for Governor to Incumbent Rick Perry, who went on to win a third term in November. Expect to hear more about Michael Williams, the Republican Texas Railroad Commissioner who is running ...

Jeff Kottkamp mulls running for Congress if Connie Macks runs for Senate
If Rep. Connie Mack of Fort Myers leaves to run for U.S. Senate, his old friend and former Lt. Gov., Jeff Kottkamp, said he’s “strongly considering” running for Mack's  Congressional Seat. He’d be a fool not to consider a run. In the three-way Republican primary for Attorney General, won by Pam Bondi, Kottkamp rolled up his biggest margins in Lee County, which he carried with 67 percent of the vote. He won Collier County to the south with 53 percent and Charlotte to the n

Texas' Hutchison plans to retire next year
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Republican who has represented Texas in the U.S. Senate for nearly two decades, announced Thursday she will retire next year when her current term expires. In a letter addressed to her Texas constituents and also sent to members in the media, Mrs. Hutchison said she would not seek re-election in 2012. She previously signaled she might retire but changed her mind several times in the last few years. In 2010, she challenged Gov. Rick Perry in th...