U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison on Wednesday told WBAP's Mark Davis she plans to officially launch her bid for Texas governor in August. She added that she will step down from the U.S. Senate sometime in October or November to battle incumbent fellow Republican Governor Rick Perry.
This would most likely set up a May election in 2010, unless Governor Rick Perry called an emergency election to be held at a different time.
Senator Hutchison had originally said that she would announce for real in August. Her choosing to not resign at that same time is interesting.
