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Title: U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison leaving Senate to run for Texas governor
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Published: Jul 30, 2009
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2009-07-30 13:30:49 by Brian S
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(07-30) 10:10 PDT Austin, Texas (AP) --

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says she will step down this fall to challenge fellow Republican Rick Perry for governor in 2010, setting the stage for what will be a crowded race to replace her.

Hutchison told WBAP radio of Fort Worth-Dallas on Wednesday that she would formally declare her candidacy in August. "Then the actual leaving of the Senate will be some time — October, November — that, in that time frame," she said.

The Republican primary is in March 2010. The winner of that race will be heavily favored in the general election.

Perry is seeking a third full term, a span in office Hutchison says would be too long. She said she gave him a "free ride" by deciding not to run against him in 2006 and that no one expected him to run again.

Perry's spokesman, Mark Miner, said Hutchison is breaking a promise by not remaining in the Senate for her full term, which expires in 2012. And, he said, Hutchison vowed at one point not to seek a third term but did so anyway.

The senator has publicly indicated several times she may not serve her entire term. The question of when she would step down has been swirling for months.

As governor, Perry would get to appoint an interim senator to fill her seat once she leaves until a special election is held. He could call a special election in November or in May 2010, or he could declare that an "emergency election" be held on another date.

Already, a well-known lineup of Republicans and Democrats are considering trying to succeed Hutchison. Among the Republicans are Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst; Roger Williams, the former secretary of state; Railroad Commissioners Michael Williams and Elizabeth Ames Jones; and state Sen. Florence Shapiro. The leading Democrats are Houston Mayor Bill White and former Comptroller John Sharp.

Hutchison won the Senate seat in a special election in 1993 after veteran Democrat Lloyd Bentsen left to join President Bill Clinton's administration as treasury secretary. Hutchison won her first full six-year term in 1994 and was re-elected in 2000 and 2006. She is the only woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas.

The Republican gubernatorial primary promises to be a rough and expensive showdown between Hutchison, who enjoys general statewide popularity and has won elections by large margins, and Perry, who has never lost a race and has stronger backing from the social conservatives who traditionally dominate the GOP primary.

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