Kay Bailey Hutchison in Nacogdoches

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison stood on the steps of the Old University Building in Nacogdoches today and announced her intentions to run for the Republican nomination for Governor of Texas.

Hutchison, whose mother and grandmother were from Nacogdoches, made the announcement from the same location where legend has it Sam Houston made his announcement some 15 decades ago.

Houston is the only Texan who was elected a U.S. Senator then Texas Governor. Hutchison said she planned to be the next. (Photos: Bruce R. Partain)

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