Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert talks Texas at the Triblive conversation series at the Austin Club on October 27th, 2010
Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert talks Texas at the Triblive conversation series at the Austin Club on October 27th, 2010 Bob Daemmrich

It’s official. Republican Tom Leppert, who stepped down as mayor of Dallas this week, is joining the race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in 2012.

He announced his plan during a Friday taping of Dallas station WFAA‘s Inside Texas Politics. You can read the full story on the station’s website.

 

 

Here is video of the WFAA report:

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Reeve Hamilton worked at the Tribune from 2009 to 2015, covering higher education and politics and hosting the Tribune's weekly podcast. His writing has also appeared in Texas Monthly and The Texas Observer....