DSCC wins battle for White

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DSCC wins battle for White
By Reid Wilson
Posted: 12/14/08 05:29 PM


Houston Mayor Bill White (D) will run for the Texas Senate seat that will be vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison (R), according to a source with knowledge of White’s plans and local media reports.

The three-term mayor, who won reelection in 2007 with 86 percent of the vote, gives Democrats a top recruit in the Lone Star State, something the party lacked this year when Sen. John Cornyn (R) won reelection by a wide margin.

A spokesman for White’s mayoral office on Friday would not confirm that White will run, but said an announcement is expected before the end of the year. The Houston Chronicle and a local political newsletter reported that White will make his intentions known early next week.

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