Sen. Hutchison Eyes Run for Texas Governor

Won't seek re-election, may leave office early for next campaign
By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 17, 2007 10:20 AM CDT
Sen. Hutchison Eyes Run for Texas Governor
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, smiles while speaking to supporters in Dallas in this, Nov. 7, 2006, file photo. Hutchison will not seek re-election after her current Senate term and may leave before her term ends in 2012 to run for Texas governor, a spokesman for the senator says. (AP Photo/Matt...   (Associated Press)

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will not seek re-election in 2012, and may end her term early to run for Texas governor, she told Texas Monthly. But Hutchison said it's "too early to be gearing up" for the 2010 gubernatorial election now because she doesn't "want to peak in 2007."

Hutchison, the highest ranking Republican woman in the Senate, joins five GOP senators who have announced plans to retire before the current term ends. Observers say Hutchison's decision is more a matter of longing to return to her home state than a sign of the times. One political scientist thinks Hutchison would prefer being "chief executive officer of the state, rather than one of a hundred.” (More Texas stories.)

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