Austin – After overseeing Texas Republicans' get-out-the-vote drive in this year's election, Weatherford auto dealer Roger Williams is poised to take his first step toward an entry in the U.S. Senate race.
The former Texas Secretary of State told PoliTex Monday that he plans to announce an exploratory committee for the U.S. Senate seat occupied by Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is contemplating a race for governor in 2010. Expect the announcement "within the next day or two," he said.
“We’re getting ready to go,” he said in a telephone interview, “so it’s imminent.”
On the Democratic side, former Comptroller John Sharp announced his candidacy as the first Democrat in the race. He said would forgo an exploratory committee so he can begin campaigning across the state “with the dawn of the new year.”
Hutchison, who is expected to make her decision by June, has not announced whether she would resign or remain in the Senate while campaigning for governor. Her term expires in 2012.
“If I resign, it would be toward end of next year, if at all,” spokesman Justin Dudley quoted her as saying.
-- Dave Montgomery
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