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politico.com - 1/15/2009

Hutchison pressured to stay in Senate

— politico.com — Hutchison is reconsidering a plan to resign from the Senate this year, a huge relief to Republicans. (more) Hutchison pressured to stay in Senate

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cornyn.senate.gov - 1/23/2009

United States Senator John Cornyn, Texas : About Senator Cornyn

— cornyn.senate.gov — John Cornyn was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002. In a short period of time, he earned a national reputation as a forceful and articulate voice for Texas values. He was selected by his colleagues in December 2006 to be a member of the five-person ... (more) United States Senator John Cornyn, Texas : About Senator ...

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Republicans Preparing For Another Disastrous Election Cycle?
DownWithTyranny! — ... Cornyn is even begging Texas' other senator, Kay Bailey Hutchison, who wants to run for governor, to stay in the Senate for another 6 years to keep that seat from falling to the Democrats. It looks like she'll keep her Senate seat while she campaigns for governor, short-changing Texans, who have certainly had their share of being short changed by their political leaders in recent decades. Notice how every angle is covered in the political calculus except one: what's good for Texas' working families: ...

GOP Surprisingly Nervous About Texas Senate Seat
TPM Election Central — ... , transferring nearly $8 million from her federal account into a state fund. Hutchison has also left the door open to resigning later this later, way ahead of the gubernatorial election itself. And John Cornyn, as both her co-Senator and as head of the NRSC, has been asking her not to do this, as it would set up a special election that could potentially give the Democrats their 60th seat. ...

Perry goes after Hutchison on 60 seats issue
News — ... of losing a Senate seat in Washington when it's on the verge of being filibuster-proof," Perry said. "So what sense does that make?" This is important because we will begin to see what kind of public pressure it puts on Hutchison to remain in her seat and avoid a May 2010 nonpartisan free-for-all, which could hand a 60th seat to Democrats six months before the 2010 election. Hutchison has suggested that she would vacate the seat, sooner or later, to run for governor, but she is receiving plenty of pressure from her colleagues to remain in the seat. And ...

Matt Lewis: Is Kay Bailey Hutchison Preparing to Step Down From U.S. Senate?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... interview requests with the media, so there is no way to follow-up with him. If it is true that Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is giving inside information regarding her plans to resign only to the Democrat trying to replace her, that would certainly be an issue in the GOP gubernatorial primary. ... Regardless of the "insider information" allegations, it is still unclear whether or not Hutchison will resign from the senate to focus on her gubernatorial campaign. Back in January, The Hill quoted Hutchison saying she had not made any decisions: “I have not made decisions about ...