Hutchison won't run for governor

Star-Telegram | 06/18/2005 | Hutchison won't run for governor: "After months of intense deliberations about her political future, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, signaled her intention Friday to seek re-election rather than challenge Republican Gov. Rick Perry in next year's GOP primary.

Hutchison's decision, confirmed by her Washington staff, immediately transformed the GOP gubernatorial race into a likely duel between Perry and Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn and kept Hutchison on an upwardly mobile path in Washington as Texas' senior senator."