From WaPo:
Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced today she will not seek a fourth term, the first incumbent up for reelection in 2012 to retire.
"I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for re-election in 2012," Hutchison said in a statement released this afternoon. "That should give the people of Texas ample time to consider who my successor will be."
Current Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, along with Ron Paul and a few others are rumored to be considering a run at the position. This will shuffle the deck for all the positions they will then vacate.
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Showing posts with label Kay Bailey Hutchison. Show all posts
Friday, January 14, 2011
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Judicial Vacancies in Texas
Charles Kuffner updates us on a conflict between the Obama White House and our Texas Senators regarding two federal judicial vacancies in the state:
As we know, there are vacancies in the US Attorney's offices in the Southern and Western district offices in Texas, which will be filled by Presidential appointment. Normally, when the President is of one party and both of a given state's Senators are of the other party, "the primary role in recommending candidates for district court judgeships is assumed by officials in the state who are of the President's party." That's from a report last year by the non-partisan Congressional Research Service. Except that as Steve Benen noted, Texas' Republican Senators have refused to honor this practice, and instead have insisted on sending to Obama candidates who have been screened by the committee he and Hutchison have always used for making nominations -- a committee he admits is "heavily stacked with Republican lawyers." Because, you know, it's different when Democrats are in charge.
Read on ....
As we know, there are vacancies in the US Attorney's offices in the Southern and Western district offices in Texas, which will be filled by Presidential appointment. Normally, when the President is of one party and both of a given state's Senators are of the other party, "the primary role in recommending candidates for district court judgeships is assumed by officials in the state who are of the President's party." That's from a report last year by the non-partisan Congressional Research Service. Except that as Steve Benen noted, Texas' Republican Senators have refused to honor this practice, and instead have insisted on sending to Obama candidates who have been screened by the committee he and Hutchison have always used for making nominations -- a committee he admits is "heavily stacked with Republican lawyers." Because, you know, it's different when Democrats are in charge.
Read on ....
Friday, December 5, 2008
Looking Ahead: The Texas Governor's Race
From Capitol Annex:
With U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s announcement today that she formed an exploratory committee to run for Texas governor in 2010, the race for that position is beginning to transform is beginning to take shape.
The rest of the story includes hypothetical races and how they might play out.
This is going to be very, very fun
With U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s announcement today that she formed an exploratory committee to run for Texas governor in 2010, the race for that position is beginning to transform is beginning to take shape.
The rest of the story includes hypothetical races and how they might play out.
This is going to be very, very fun
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