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20 hrs ago | Corpus Christi Caller

Senator ready to resign post, just not yet

Kay Bailey Hutchison, who's running for governor of Texas, is still planning to quit the U.S. Senate - but not yet.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Government, Texas, US Governors

Sat Nov 21, 2009

WFAA-TV Dallas

Hutchison, Perry air first campaign TV ads

The air war begins this weekend in the fight for the Republican nomination for governor between the incumbent, Rick Perry, and Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, US Governors, Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Raw Story

Texas inmate executed, governor rejects mercy plea

WASHINGTON a ' An African American has been executed after Texas governor Rick Perry refused a last-minute recommendation to spare him because it was his accomplice who killed a store worker in an armed hold-up. Robert Thompson, 34, was pronounced dead late Thursday 15 minutes after he was given a lethal injection in the Texas jail, administered ...

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Related Topix: Prison, Texas Government, Texas, Violent Crime, US Governors

Houstonpress.com

The Tug of War

As temperatures dip into the low 80s, providing a brief respite from the searing September, a crowd of people enter the side entrance of the Jewish Community Center in North Dallas.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Dallas, TX, Kay Hutchison, US Governors

News8Austin

Hutchison's decision leaves future uncertain for voters

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's decision not to resign her Senate seat, until after the March primaries, could throw a wrench in the GOP ballot.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Government, Texas, US Governors

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Star-telegram.com

Texas senator should decide which fight is more important

BOB RAY SANDERS Based on the rhetoric coming from the senior senator from Texas over the past couple of weeks, you might think she was preparing to defend the Alamo itself.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Government, Texas, US Governors, Opinion

Wed Nov 18, 2009

MyFoxHouston

Cheney Endorses Hutchison in Houston

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, picking sides in the volatile campaign for Texas governor, belittled Gov.

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Related Topix: Houston Metro, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Dick Cheney, US Governors, Enbridge Energy Partners LP, Energy, Oil & Gas

KTEN-TV Denison

Perry encounters string of setbacks

What should be Gov. Rick Perry's time to shine and shore up support for an unprecedented third term has turned lately into a series of missteps.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, US Governors, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Free Republic

GOP Women ‘Energized’ Heading into 2010 Contests

Republican women convening at the Galveston Island Convention Center this weekend said they are 'energized' about the 2010 and 2012 elections and view them as a turning point for the state and nation.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, US Governors

Free Republic

GOP’s latest foes hail from Tea Party

Canyon Clowdus thinks Americans 'have less freedom and pay more taxes than ever.' 'We need more John Wayne and Jesus in Washington,' the Marble Falls rancher and businessman declares.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas, US Governors

The Dallas Morning News

Perry, Hutchison spar over conservative credentials

Allies of Rick Perry are looking to last week's elections for evidence of an energized base they hope will make the Texas Republican primary for governor a test of party purity.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas, US Governors, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Off the Kuff

Kay may stay, but the jockeying never goes away

Rick Perry appoints [Lt. Gov. David] Dewhurst to replace Hutchison, or if he wins a special election before November 2010, the state Republican Executive Committee can choose another GOP nominee for lieutenant governor.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Texas Government, Texas, Electronics

Salon.com

RNC's insurance covers abortion

For a conservative Texas politician locked in a major primary battle, throwing some punches at President Obama is a pretty obvious tactic.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, US Governors, Odessa Metro, Presidio, TX

MySanAntonio.com

Want detailed proposals? One candidate's got 'em

How does an 8-cent-a-gallon increase in the gasoline tax to fund transportation sound? What about state recognition of same-sex civil unions with the same rights as traditional marriage, a $5,000 teacher pay raise and bigger penalties for polluters? They're certainly not all politically canny positions , but give Democratic candidate for governor ...

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Related Topix: US Governors, San Antonio Metro, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

Sun Nov 15, 2009

News8Austin

Hutchison won't resign Senate seat before primary

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is in the midst of a battle with Gov. Rick Perry for Texas governor.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Government, Texas, Kay Hutchison, US Governors

CBS News

Rick Perry: Obama Administration "Hell-Bent" on Socialism

Texas governor Rick Perry declared that the Obama administration was "hell-bent" on socialism during a speech to the Republican Women's Club in Midland, Texas yesterday, according to Texas local newspapers .

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, US Governors, Immigration Reform, Odessa Metro, Midland, TX

Sat Nov 14, 2009

TruthSeeker24's anti-N.W.O. corner

Boehner: 9/11 Show Trial an a oeIrresponsible Decisiona

Friday, November 13, 2009 Boehner: 9/11 Show Trial an "Irresponsible Decision" From http://www.infowars.com/boehner-911-show-trial-an-irresponsible-decision/ Boehner: 9/11 Show Trial an "Irresponsible Decision" Text size Kurt Nimmo Infowars November 13, 2009 Fox News tells us the "new" Republican party will save us from the "socialist" excesses of ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Governors, Sarah Palin, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law

KHOU-TV Houston

Perry frequent traveler in 2009 seeking re-election

Republican Gov. Rick Perry, seeking re-election with a down-home Texas message, took on the role of world traveler this year, making a dozen cross-country or international trips and ringing up tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer-funded security costs.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Government, Texas, US Governors, US Travel, Travel

Salon.com

Another shot fired in battle over GOP's future

The conservative movement has a new star in its fight against establishment Republicans it deems too liberal.

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Related Topix: US News, Charlie Crist, US Governors, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Rush Limbaugh, Presidio, TX

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Raise gas tax 10 cents a gallon? It's on the table

The Senate Transportation and Homeland Security chairman Friday suggested a 10-cent-a-gallon increase in Texas' gasoline tax for a system that's soon to run short of money for new roads.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, US Governors, Lubbock, TX, Lubbock Metro

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