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{{Officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Kay Bailey Hutchison
|name=Kathryn "Kay" Bailey Hutchison
|image=Kay Bailey Hutchison.jpg
|image=Kay Bailey Hutchison.jpg
|party=[[Republican]]
|office=22nd United States Permanent Representative to [[NATO]]
|spouse=Ray Hutchison
|president=[[Donald Trump]]
|term_start=August 28, 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/USNATO/status/902068855501180928?s=09|title=Amb Hutchison starts @USNATO today! See her testimony on @POTUS priorities @NATO in support of our commitments: https://goo.gl/kbE5wk pic.twitter.com/WSseHzAxh7|first=US Mission to|last=NATO|date=August 28, 2017|accessdate=September 13, 2017}}</ref>
|term_end =
|predecessor=Douglas Lute
|successor=
|office2=[[United States Senator]] from [[Texas]]
|term_start2=June 14, 1993
|term_end2=January 3, 2013
|predecessor2=Bob Krueger (interim for [[Lloyd Bentsen]])
|successor2=[[Ted Cruz]]
|office3= Texas State Treasurer
|governor3=[[Ann Richards]]
|term_start3=January 15, 1991
|term_end3=June 14, 1993
|predecessor3=[[Ann Richards]]
|successor3=Martha Whitehead
|office4=Texas State Representative for District 90 (Harris County)
|term_start4=January 9, 1973
|term_end4=July 9, 1976
|predecessor4=Tom Bass
|successor4=Brad Wright
|birth_date=July 22, 1943
|birth_place=Galveston, Texas
|death_date =
|death_place =
|resting_place=
|party=[[Republican Party]]
|spouse=(1) John Parks (married 1967=1969, divorced)<br>
(2) Ray Hutchison (married 1978-2014, his death)
|children= 4
|alma_mater=[[University of Texas at Austin, UT Law School
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
}}
}}
'''Kathryn "Kay" Bailey Hutchison''', born July 22, 1943 (age {{age|1943|7|22}}), is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former [[United States of America|U.S. Senator]] from her native [[Texas]]. The first female senator from Texas, she held office from 1993 through 2012. Hutchison was a candidate for the 2010 Texas gubernatorial election, when she unsuccessfully challenged the incumbent more [[conservative]] [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]] in the primary election. She did not run for re-election to the Senate in 2012.
'''Kay Bailey Hutchison''', born July 22, 1943 (age {{age|1943|7|22}}), is a former [[Republican Party|Republican]] former [[United States of America|U.S. Senator]] from her native [[Texas]]. The first female senator from Texas, she held office from 1993 through 2012. Hutchison was a candidate for the 2010 Texas gubernatorial election, when she unsuccessfully challenged the incumbent more [[conservative]] [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]] in the primary election. She did not run for re-election to the Senate in 2012.
Kay Bailey Hutchison is [[pro-choice]] regarding [[abortion]], and has voted to express that ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' was rightly decided and should not be overturned.<ref>http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=1&vote=00048</ref> Additionally, Senator Hutchison is a strong and active proponent of [[stem cell research]] that involves the killing of human embryos.<ref>http://www.rnclife.org/faxnotes/2005/may05/05-05-06.html</ref> However, Hutchison has voted for restrictions on abortion such as supporting the 2003 [[partial birth abortion|Partial Birth Abortion]] Ban Act.
Kay Bailey Hutchison is [[pro-choice]] regarding [[abortion]], and has voted to express that ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' was rightly decided and should not be overturned.<ref>http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=1&vote=00048</ref> Additionally, Senator Hutchison is a strong and active proponent of [[stem cell research]] that involves the killing of human embryos.<ref>http://www.rnclife.org/faxnotes/2005/may05/05-05-06.html</ref> However, Hutchison has voted for restrictions on abortion such as supporting the 2003 [[partial birth abortion|Partial Birth Abortion]] Ban Act.
Hutchison voted for the $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program ([[TARP]]), leading Rick Perry supporters to call her "Kay Bailout Hutchison." Hutchison inserted 346 [[earmark]]s in the last two years spending bills costing $2.6 billion.<ref>Citizens Against Government Waste (http://www.cagw.org); OpenSecrets.org</ref>
Hutchison voted for the $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program ([[TARP]]), leading Rick Perry supporters to call her "Kay Bailout Hutchison." Hutchison inserted 346 [[earmark]]s in the last two years spending bills costing $2.6 billion.<ref>Citizens Against Government Waste (http://www.cagw.org); OpenSecrets.org</ref>
Hutchison is the widow of Ray Hutchison, a lawyer and Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives. The two met as fellow House members, she from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], and he from [[Dallas]]. It was the second marriage for each.
Hutchison is the widow of Ray Hutchison, a lawyer and Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives. The two met as fellow House members, she from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], and he from [[Dallas]]. It was the second marriage for each.
In 2017, Hutchison was appointed by [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] as the U.S. Permanent Representative to [[NATO]].
==References==
==References==
[[Category:2010 Midterm Elections]]
[[Category:2010 Midterm Elections]]
[[Category:Abortion Advocates]]
[[Category:Abortion Advocates]]
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Episcopalian]]