| Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has said she will make an announcement Wednesday morning at 10 am in San Antonio. The Statesman's Jason Embry wrote in a First Reading email that "it appears likely that she will announce she is going to stay in the Senate." Hutchison will be joined in San Antonio by John Cornyn and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Chances are Cornyn and McConnell, both of whom have publicly called on Hutchison to remain in the Senate, would not travel to watch her announce her resignation. Still, one thing we all have learned is that trying to predict what Hutchison will do, even when it seems like a foregone conclusion that is less than 10 hours away, is pointless. Until she makes the announcement, no one really knows what she will decide. Update (Matt): In what may be the first sign that KBH is going to stick around Washington, Republican Florence Shapiro is dropping out of the race to replace Kay.
State Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, is no longer a candidate for U.S. Senate and says she'll refund about $1 million to her contributors. Shapiro was the first candidate to get into the race to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison, who was at the time thinking about resigning early to concentrate on her challenge to Gov. Rick Perry.
The Texas Tribune has more, including the full release. |
