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This profile of Texas's Class I U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Kay Bailey Hutchison, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2012 2 Last election: 2006 3 Texas congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices 4 Articles and resources 4.1 See also 4.2 External resources 4.3 External articles

Next election: 2012

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Race status

Incumbent:	Kay Bailey Hutchison
Incumbent running?	No
Primary challenge?	N/a

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	Out of race	Source	August 23, 2008
David Dewhurst	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 23, 2008	Current TX Lt. Governor
Tom Leppert	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 23, 2008	Former Dallas mayor.
Michael McCaul	Republican	Considering candidate	Source	August 23, 2011	Current U.S. Rep. for TX-10.
Elizabeth Ames Jones	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 23, 2011	Current Texas Railroad Commissioner
Ted Cruz	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 23, 2011	Former Solicitor General
Ricardo Sanchez	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 23, 2011	Retired U.S. general.
Nicholas Lampson	Democratic	Potential candidate	Source	July 29, 2011	Former U.S. Representative.
Dan Patrick	Republican	Out of race	Source	September 8, 2011	State Senator
Michael Williams	Republican	Out of race	Source	June 23, 2011	Former Texas Railroad Commissioner
Roger Williams	Republican	Out of race	Source	June 28, 2011	Former Texas Secretary of State/car dealer.

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Results

Primary winners:
General election winner:	TBD

Last election: 2006

Incumbent: Kay Bailey Hutchison

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Barbara Ann Radnofsky	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

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Results

Primary winners:	Kay Bailey Hutchison, Barbara Ann Radnofsky
General election winner:	Kay Bailey Hutchison

Texas congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices

Kay Bailey Hutchison's district offices

500 Chestnut Street, Suite 1570, Abilene, TX 79602 325-676-2839 (Phone) (Fax) 961 Federal Building, 300 East Eighth Street, Austin, TX 78701 512-916-5834 (Phone) (Fax) Legislative Building, 606, 10440 North Central Expressway, Suite 1160, Dallas, TX 75231 214-361-3500 (Phone) (Fax) 222 East Van Buren Street, Suite 404, Harlingen, TX 78550 956-425-2253 (Phone) (Fax) 1919 Smith Street, Suite 800, Houston, TX 77002 713-653-3456 (Phone) (Fax) 145 Duncan Drive, Suite 120, San Antonio, TX 78226 210-340-2885 (Phone) (Fax)

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the Texas congressional districts and candidates.
• The full U.S. Senate elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External resources

Blogs	Other Wiki sites
Swing State Project: Swing State Project: http://www.swingstateproject.com/tag.do?tag=TX-Sen Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/tag/TX-Sen MyDD: http://www.mydd.com/tag/TX-Sen The Next Right: http://www.thenextright.com/category/blog-tags/TX-Sen OpenLeft: http://www.openleft.com/tag.do?tag=TX-Sen RedState: http://www.redstate.com/tags/tag/TX-Sen	dKosopedia: http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/TX-Sen Left.Wikia: http://left.wikia.com/wiki/TX-Sen

External articles

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