THE CLAIM: Endorsing Kay Bailey Hutchison for governor in Houston on Wednesday, former Vice President Dick Cheney said: "When Texas was faced with a budget shortfall and some legislators were proposing an income tax, Kay stood with the taxpayers...
John Cornyn is preparing for a May special election to fill the Senate seat that will probably be vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is running for governor against fellow Republican Rick Perry. Cornyn is chairman of the National Republican...
Technically, there isn't a U.S. Senate race yet in Texas. But take this to the bank: that hypothetical contest will be a doozy. One of the costliest anywhere. Exhibit 1: The FEC's latest analysis of candidate fund-raising, released this...
Texas Democratic Party Chairman Boyd Richie told national Democrats on Thursday that anti-tax tea party participants and those who question President Obama's citizenship are "fools" that get too much media attention. Richie said the president's critics are riding a tidal...
Thirty-one Democratic state representatives Thursday endorsed Houston Mayor Bill White in a potential special election for Senate, including Dallas lawyer Rafael Anchia and Barbara Mallory Caraway. The endorsements were made just as the fall meeting of the Democratic National Committee...
Two weeks ago J.B. Poersch, executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, traveled to Texas to gage the strength of the Democratic effort to win the Senate seat expected to be vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison. Poersch had separate...
Former Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle said this afternoon that he's more interested in running for governor than for attorney general. As governor, Earle (right) said he wouldn't have to be as careful in his pronouncements as he would...
Kay Bailey Hutchison's announcement that she will leave the Senate in October or November kicks into high gear speculation about how she'll be replaced, and by whom. First things first: The governor must appoint a replacement when she leaves office....
John Sharp, a potential Senate candidate if Kay Bailey Hutchison resigns to run for governor, is standing before an American flag and taking issue with Rick Perry's empathetic words for secessionists. He's released it as a YouTube campaign ad. It...
Former Houston Chronicle bureau chief in Austin, Clay Robison, is the new communications director for Tom Schieffer's campaign for governor. Schieffer is in the exploratory phase. Robison was laid off as the Chronicle, like much of the news industry, looks...
I was at lunch with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison today and she said Houston Mayor Bill White was running for Senate. No surprise there. His supporters hinted as much last week. Ms. Hutchison, who is expected to run for...
Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams has joined a growing cast of thousands seeking the U.S. Senate. Williams announced today he wants to succeed Kay Bailey Hutchison when she resigns -- if she resigns. Or, even she does doesn't resign, when...
The chairman of the national Senate fundraising committee is getting an earful from Texas Democrats about not putting money into Texas in the Senate race this year. The committee spent millions in other states, but not Texas, where Democrat Rick...
Former Comptroller John Sharp announced today he will seek the Senate seat now held by Kay Bailey Hutchison. Hutchison says she won't seek reelection in 2012 -- and is mulling the prospects of quitting early to challenge Gov. Rick Perry...
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