Republican Texas senator Kay Bailey Hutchison announced today she isn’t running for reelection in 2012. Hutchison had planned to resign from the Senate to run for governor last year, but chose to serve out her term after losing the Republican primary for governor to incumbent Rick Perry, who went on to win a third term in November.
Expect to hear more about Michael Williams, the Republican Texas Railroad Commissioner who is running for the seat. John McCormack profiled the Jim DeMint-backed Williams in 2009:
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