Kay Bailey Hutchison,  Rick Perry

Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Jumps Into Texas Governor’s Race

December 4, 2008 /
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Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, Senator John McCain and Texas Governor Rick Perry from March 2008

Kay Bailey Hutchison has established an exploratory committee to “begin the process of organizing a campaign for Governor of Texas.”

Her statement:

Today, I am filing an exploratory committee so I can begin the process of organizing a campaign for Governor of Texas. I am not yet a candidate, but Texas law requires this first, important step before an announcement can be made.

I am transferring $1 million from my Federal account to this new state exploratory committee and will take further steps as they become appropriate.

Right now, there are a lot of Texans – friends, community and business leaders, Republicans, Democrats, Independents and people who’ve never been in politics – that I want to talk to before becoming a formal candidate.

While Texas is faring somewhat better economically than many other states, a positive future is not guaranteed. It will take leaders who look ahead to meet the economic and budgetary challenges that are coming.

Texans deserve a Governor who, in the context of sound budgetary policies and low taxes, works for quality schools and universities, access to health care for our families, communities safe from crime and drugs, and a government that listens and responds to them.

There’s too much bitterness, too much anger, too little trust, too little consensus and too much infighting. And the tone comes from the top. Texans are looking for leadership and results.

I am humbled by the number of hard working Texans, including my friend Dick Armey, who have asked me to run for Governor in our state that I love so dearly. And I am honored to serve Texas in the United State Senate, protecting our state’s interests and standing for our values and vision. Texans understand I put Texas first and I will continue to do so while I explore and prepare for a race for Governor of Texas.

Hutchison is IN.

The only question is whether incumbent GOP Governor Rick Perry is OUT?

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7 Comments

  • Dennis

    December 4, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    Suprising. I doubt if the Senator would run unless Perry is out. Perhaps Perry has Presidential aspirations in 2012. He has done a pretty goof job as Governor of Texas. Unlike most states, Texas’ economy is growing on the plus side.

  • Ling

    December 5, 2008 at 12:35 am

    What happens if Hutchison quits the Senate, and Rick Perry nominates himself as the fill-in Senator, and then runs as a Senatorial candidate in the special election which would follow? Is this possible? Legally speaking, I mean. I ask because I read somewhere that there’s a chance this could happen in Kansas too, where Brownback is retiring from the Senate to run for Gov., and Kathleen Sebelius wants to switch with him and run for his Senate seat.

  • Flap

    December 5, 2008 at 8:11 am

    Governors appointing themselves to the Senate have to be careful in not alienating the voting public. Polling will be important in both instances.

    A short-term gig in DC with a concomitant loss in a special election is not really a desirable job.

  • Jerri

    December 6, 2008 at 10:05 am

    As retired educators, my husband and I will both campaign against Kay Bailey Hutchison for Texas Governor. We will do everything we can to promote Texas Teachers against Kay Bailey Hutchison.

    During her terms as Senator when we were teachers, we wrote numerous letters asking her to help get rid of the Social Security windfall and do something to help us and others in the same boat. Most people are aware that because we were teachers, they slice right off the top from Social Security we have worked for and paid into the system.

    She always replied with her little “canned” letters.

    She had no time for teachers.

    Now teachers must have no time for her.

  • Nellie Austin

    September 26, 2009 at 10:45 am

    Dear Gov. Elect Kay Richardson,
    I see that I have reached an old article, but I want to tell you about my try at signing your petition about the healthcare bill. After I put my name and zip code in, the screen did not show a “submit”. Also, I tried to sign up for your e-mail newsletters, but the click for signing the petition came and I could not get my e-mail address on the block where I was to sign up for the newsletters.

    Please sign me up for your petition against the present healthcare bill. Also, put me on your e-mail newsletter mailing list for future information.

    Thank you very much.

    Nellie Austin
    nrha37@yahoo.com
    22680 Cedar Lane Crt., Apt. 1309
    Leonardtown, MD 20650
    301-475-7040