Senator Kay Hutchison of Texas

May 10th, 2011 admin Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, the highest ranking female Republican in the US Senate recently announced she will not run for re-election in 2012 and will retire from politics. A conservative and a four-term Senator, Hutchison will be remembered for her commitment to Texas, to education and women’s issues and for her southern charm. Posted in Politics Tags: 2012 election , Capitol Hill , Congress , Education Issues , Kay Bailey Hutchison , Politics Conservative...Read Full Story

Hutchison concedes in Texas governor primary Go here to see the original Hutchison concedes in Texas governor primary – CNN.com Obama Election Party On 6th Street In Austin, Texas! Cnn Candy Crowley – Hillary Clinton Wins Big In Texas & Ohio Accidental Pundit: Backstage At Cnn Debate In Austin Texas 2 Houston Elects First Openly Gay Mayor, Annise Parker (cnn) Why Does It Seem Like Mccain Is Winning On The Cnn Website? on the exit poll counter on cnn it...Read Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans late Monday blocked a bipartisan Senate plan to end the partial  shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, making it increasingly likely Congress will be unable to resolve the legislative standoff before September. Having resolved the federal debt crisis, Congress is expected to leave at the end of the week for its August recess. If that happens, lost revenue from uncollected airline ticket taxes could exceed $1.2 billion before lawmakers return to work a...Read Full Story

Former Houston Mayor Bill White has won the Democratic nomination for Texas governor, outpacing six challengers and giving his party its best hope in years to take back the office. White had nearly 76 percent of the vote with a handful of precincts reporting to defeat wealthy Houston hair-care magnate Farouk Shami (SHA'-mee) and five other lesser-known candidates during Tuesday's primary election. White also is a well-funded businessman who made a name for himself during his city's response...Read Full Story

Happy Texas Independence Day! Today in Texas, it is primary election day. While those in the Senate are bashing Senator Bunning for being independent in thought, unfortunately rare, and standing up to the corrupt Democratic leadership machine by putting a hold on extending entitlement benefits after the Senate passed PAYGO legislation last week, we in Texas have a different sort of independence struggle going on. In the race for the Republican nomination for Governor, incumbent Rick Perry is...Read Full Story

Winners: Texas Gov. Rick Perry and "tea party" anger. Losers: Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and anybody else tied to Washington. Take note, House and Senate members up for re-election or running for governor this fall: Your connections to the nation's gridlocked capital — and particularly your votes for the Wall Street bailout — could be debilitating. Tuesday's GOP primary in the Texas governor's race showed as much. It pitted the public's fury at Washington against its anti-incumbent...Read Full Story

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison acknowledged Tuesday that Republican Gov. Rick Perry has succeeded at casting her as a Washington insider, hindering her effort to kick him out of the Texas governor's mansion. Trailing in the polls with less than a week before the March 2 primary, Hutchison assessed the state of her campaign to The Associated Press as she toured through towns in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Hutchison's remarks about Perry's anti-Washington tactics appeared to be her first...Read Full Story