Kay Bailey Hutchinson Wont Seek Re-Election

Sen. Hutchison will not seek re-election (10/16/2007)
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) will not run for re-election and may leave her seat before her term ends in 2012 to run for governor, a spokesman confirmed yesterday.

Hutchinson, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, told Texas Monthly that she may consider stepping down from her seat in two years.

"Is it better for Texas for me to leave early and give someone else a chance to start building seniority before the class of 2013? I think it probably is," she told the magazine for an upcoming article.

Hutchison spokesman Matt Mackowiak confirmed the comments yesterday.

In her third term in the Senate, Hutchison was pointed to as a possible substitute to Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) as the Senate's champion for nuclear power.

Following Domenici's announcement earlier this month that he was retiring from the Senate, Hutchison praised his work on nuclear power and other energy issues.

In an interview, she credited Domenici for putting a "big stamp" on energy policy and said he has "done the most of anyone in the last 10 years." She vowed that she and other supporters would continue working on Capitol Hill to help see that new investments in reactors come to pass (E&E Daily, Oct. 5).

Hutchison told the magazine she has not decided whether she will run for governor (AP/New York Times, Oct. 16). -- EB

I am trying not to burst into tears over this but its just not working.

Kay Bailey Hutchinson has to be one of the most disgusting pieces of protoplasm floating around in the Congress. Not only is she a transplanted Texan like Bush, she is also viscious lying bastard in a league with Bush.

She is getting out of the Senate to run for Governor??

The real reason she's getting out of the Senate is because she can sense the complete and total disgust of the American public with the Repignofascist Party and all it stands for and Kay realizes that on January 3 2009 when the new session of Congress begins she will be even further in the minority in the Senate.

So, she's making it known now that she's bailing. Probably this is a good strategy on her part because it serves to remove her a bit from her support for the abomination in the White House. Still it should come back to bite her in the ass.

The unfortunate thing is that the majority of Texans are stupid enough to vote for Bush (twice) and Rick Perry, so they are likely to install this idiot as Governor despite all of the horrific things the Repignofascist party has done to America and to Texas.