Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is prepared to resign from the Senate to focus on her gubernatorial campaign in Texas.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) on Wednesday said for the first time that she is prepared to resign her Senate seat in October or November, paving the way for a May 2009 special election to replace her.
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“I am trying to do everything that I can while I’m in office to responsibly serve as a senator, but it is hard because my heart is in Texas,” Hutchison told WBAP 820 AM. “The actual leaving of the Senate will be sometime — October, November, in that time frame.”
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If Hutchison follows through with her resignation, attention on the GOP side will turn to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (R), who would enter the race as the GOP front-runner and is a favorite of the national party, in large part because of his ability to self-fund.