I did read some articles after the convention stating that people had been telling him to run for a Senator. Whatever he runs for...as long as Huckabee isn't competing with him...he's got my vote.

It just takes a high-level sustained commitment to engage and to keep doing it as well as honesty from the highest levels in the party in both seeing it as a problem and in admitting that there is a problem. If the GOP follows the Mike Huckabee model, things could be signigicantly different by sometime in the next decade.

Michael Williams for United States Senate

Dear Friends,

With much encouragement from my fellow Texans, with the support of my wife Donna, and with firm resolve to make the America of tomorrow more prosperous and free than the nation we know today, I am announcing my candidacy for the United States Senate.

We are at a critical juncture in time, and the likelihood of a special election to replace Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison provides an historic opportunity for Texans to rekindle our can-do spirit and offer forward-looking solutions to the great challenges posed by an economic crisis, record debt, two simultaneous wars, and our dependence on foreign energy.

I have served at every level of government: in three cabinet departments under two presidential administrations, as an elected member of the Texas Railroad Commission and as a local prosecutor in the Midland County District Attorneys office. I know the honor of public service is not holding an office, but preserving the public trust.

If elected, I will address these issues that demand national and international leadership:

1. Economy: we need a long-term prosperity agenda starting with a tax code that rewards work, encourages saving, investment and entrepreneurship; incentives for innovation, research and development yielding to solutions for more and higher-valued jobs, steadier wages and stronger retirements.
2. Energy and Environment: we need to develop pro-growth energy and environment solutions for greater energy security that will produce more American energy, accelerate the use of alternative energy technologies and promote greater energy efficiency and conservation.
3. Education: we need to rekindle a love of learning in America’s classrooms, specifically a renewed focus on math, science, engineering and technology.
4. National Security: we need to ensure safer communities and neighborhoods by enforcing our laws, protecting our borders and making sure our military continues to be the strongest in the world to defend America and defeat our enemies.
5. Health care: we need transformational health solutions and policies that create better health care, more choices at affordable costs.

I am uniquely experienced to address these great challenges. Having served in the U.S. Departments of Education, Justice and Treasury, I know we can do so much more to unleash the power of innovation and job creation and to make education and opportunity accessible to all. And as an elected leader in the energy industry, I know we can increase exploration at home, invest in cleaner sources of energy, and protect the environment for future generations.

We can have economic prosperity and cleaner air and water. We can have financial security without our elected officials compromising their conservative principles. We can have an efficient, effective government that controls spending and lives within its means. We can have government accountable to the people.

This campaign is not about me. It’s about you. As a candidate, I hope not to be the focal point, but the mirror that reflects the hopes, dreams and concerns of every Texan.

In traveling to every corner of this state, I have listened to a great many Texans. I have heard the calls for a new voice in Washington who can bring about change and reform to a culture that desperately needs it. And I know the change Texans seek is not a blank check for Congress, but a voice of reason when it comes to your money. With your help, we can be that new voice and create a Texas with greater liberty and prosperity. We can generate a sense of optimism in all communities and neighborhoods across the state.

To me change is not just a slogan, it is a lifelong calling. Thousands of Texans have called upon me to take this step—to offer myself up in service to change the way Washington works. I take this step neither lightly nor flippantly, but with full faith in the possibilities of a new tomorrow, and undying devotion to the greatest people on the face of the earth—the people of Texas.

I ask for your prayers, your continued friendship and your full support. I look forward to seeing you on the trail.

info@williamsfortexas.com

Paid for by Michael Williams for U.S. Senate Committee

A Great man who I think would be a great Senator! He has my support!

White, Williams plan Senate race

12/16/2008

Associated Press

Houston Mayor Bill White and Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams on Tuesday announced they intend to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently being held by Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.

White, a Democrat, has been mayor of Houston, the nation's fourth-largest city, for the past five years. Williams, a Republican, oversees the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry.

Hutchison has formed an exploratory committee to run for governor in 2010. If she leaves her Senate seat before her term ends in 2012, the governor would appoint a replacement until a special election is held.

White, a former chairman of the Texas Democratic Party, made his announcement Tuesday on a short video on his campaign Web site.

White earned national prominence in 2005 when he welcomed the evacuees of Hurricane Katrina into Houston and then a few weeks later had to order the evacuation of the city when Hurricane Rita threatened to hit. He was back in the spotlight in September when Hurricane Ike came ashore near Galveston and damaged homes and knocked out power to thousands in the Houston area.

Williams began his work at the Railroad Commission in 1999 after he was appointed to fill a vacant seat by then-Gov. George W. Bush. Williams was elected the following year to the unexpired term. He was re-elected to a full six-year term in 2002 and again this year.

A former prosecutor, Williams has served in the Departments of Education, Justice and Treasury.

Others who have announced plans to run for Hutchison's seat in 2012 or sooner are former state comptroller John Sharp, a Democrat, and Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones and GOP fundraiser Roger Williams, both Republicans.

The Dallas Morning News
Bill would vex two U.S. Senate wannabes
6:55 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009
Robert T. Garrett



Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Michael Williams (left) and fellow Railroad Commission member Elizabeth Ames Jones (AP photo) would have to quit their current posts to run for the U.S. Senate seat that Kay Bailey Hutchison may vacate, under a bill filed in the Texas House today.

The bill by Rep. Tommy Merritt, R-Longview, would bar a Railroad Commission member from running for any other office "during the term for which the commissioner is elected or appointed." And it would take effect this year.

Merritt told me he'd long been pushing the idea. "I did it with Tony Garza," he said. "Had to be '98, '97. He was going to run for AG."

While that bill failed, Merritt said he isn't reviving it to help other potential seekers of Hutchison's Senate seat -- such as state Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, or former Secretary of State Roger Williams.

"Nah, nah, nah," said Merritt, a product of the East Texas oilfield. "When you run for a six-year term, you need to be an advocate for the [oil] industry and the state of Texas. This industry's very volatile ... and they need to be talking about severance tax relief for small independent producers." And not out stumping for higher office.

That's just crummy. I think Michael Williams has an awesome chance to win the US Senate seat. I hope he continues on. We need him as our Senator.

Thanks VertiCon for sharing this video. It confirms even more why I like and support Michael Williams. He is a new shining star for the GOP and will make a great senator for my state. Michael has the skills, experiences, knowledge and determination to bring Republican Party back to true conservative social/fiscal values. I hope and pray he wins! I encourage the support of HuckPAC and HucksArmy to help make it happen. Thanks !