Hutchison, Kay Bailey, 1943-

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Kay Bailey Hutchison (born Kathryn Ann Bailey; July 22, 1943) is an American attorney, television correspondent, politician, diplomat and the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 2017 until 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she previously was a United States Senator from Texas from 1993 to 2013.

Born in Galveston, Texas, Hutchison is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to entering politics, she was an attorney and legal correspondent at KPRC-TV in Houston. She was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1972 to 1976. After a brief business career, she returned to politics in 1990 when she was elected Texas State Treasurer. In 1993, she was elected to the United States Senate in a nonpartisan special election, defeating Democratic incumbent Bob Krueger and becoming the first female senator in Texas history.

After being reelected to the Senate in 1994, 2000, and 2006, Hutchison was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Texas in 2010, losing the Republican primary to incumbent Rick Perry. Hutchison was the most senior female Republican senator by the end of her tenure in 2013, and the fifth most senior female senator overall. In 2013, she joined the law firm Bracewell & Giuliani.

On June 29, 2017, Hutchison was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next United States Permanent Representative to NATO. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a voice vote on August 3, 2017. She left that role at the end of the Trump administration.

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creatorOf Hutchison, Kay Bailey, 1943-. Oral history interview with Kay Bailey, 1976 January 23. University of North Texas Library, UNT
referencedIn Múzquiz, Virginia, 1925-2002. Oral history interview with Virginia Múzquiz, 1996 [videorecording]. University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library
referencedIn Kay Bailey Hutchinson. Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
referencedIn Fehrenbach, T. R. Fehrenbach, T.R., papers, 1925-2002 (bulk 1962-1995) University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Fehrenbach, T. R. Papers 94-217, 2002-031., 1925-2002 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Anne Fears Crawford papers MS 205., 1879-1999 Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
creatorOf Hutchison, Kay Bailey, 1943-. Kay Bailey Hutchison : commercials , 1990-1994. University of Oklahoma, Political Community Archives
referencedIn General Records of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 1931 - 2003. Central Photograph Files National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Kay Baily Collection MSS 17., 1974-1976 Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Libary
referencedIn University of Texas at Austin. Dept. of Women's Studies. UT Women's Studies Department records, 1991- [videorecording]. University of Texas Libraries
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