Spokesman: Texas Lt. Gov to announce US Senate bid
HOUSTON
The Houston Chronicle reported Monday that spokesman Mike Walz
says Dewhurst will make his announcement by "midweek" via video
to run for the seat held by Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison.
Hutchison is not running for reelection in 2012.
Dewhurst, who had been expected to run for the seat, would join
a crowded Republican primary.
Candidates include former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz,
former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and former Texas Railroad
Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones.
Dewhurst, a Houston multimillionaire, has been lieutenant
governor since 2003.
