Plano City Councilwoman Mabrie Griffith Jackson is telling supporters she will resign that city job as early as Monday to put her name into the race to replace Rep. Brian McCall, R-Plano, who has decided he won’t seek an 11th term next year.
2010 elections
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State Government
2010: McCall won’t seek reelection
Brian McCall, a key member of House Speaker Joe Straus’ leadership team, won’t seek reelection next year
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Energy
KBH to TFRW: A change in plans
I must put what’s best for my campaign aside and do what is best for Texas. That is why I must stay in the Senate while running for the Republican nomination for governor. I cannot walk away while this fight is being fought by our fellow Republicans. I must stay and fight with them.
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Congress
KBH won’t resign to run
Kay Bailey Hutchison won’t resign from the Senate to run for governor. Hutchison and her aides began calling other Republicans Friday afternoon to tell them to make other plans.
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Health care
HuTube: Hutchison Speaks, Says Little
U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison talks the Texas economy, the latest Rasmussen poll and her resignation timetable. Watch the full exchange with reporters Friday morning.
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Hutchison’s Friday Gaggle
Kay Bailey Hutchison reacts to the Rasmussen poll, Rick Perry’s remarks about Obama “trying to punish Texas” and more questions about her resignation timetable.
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2010: A New Poll — and a New Lead for Perry
Rick Perry leads Kay Bailey Hutchison by 11 points in a new Rasmussen survey that’s out this morning.
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2010: Dick Cheney in Houston Next Week
Former VP Dick Cheney is coming back to Texas. He’ll be at a Houston fundraiser for gubernatorial hopeful Kay Bailey Hutchison.
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Hank Gilbert Takes a Stand. Again.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Hank Gilbert stopped in Austin Wednesday to deliver a speech on energy and the environment — the sixth policy proposal he’s released so far. Can Gilbert gain traction by focusing early and often on the issues?