Ray Hutchison (1978-present)

Kathryn Ann "Kay" Bailey Hutchison (born July 22, 1943), is the senior United States Senator from Texas and a candidate for the 2010 Texas gubernatorial election. She is a member of the Republican Party. In 2001, she was named one of the thirty most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. She is the first female U.S. senator elected in Texas.

As of September 2009, Hutchison is the most senior female Republican Senator, and fifth most senior female Senator, having assumed office in June 1993 behind Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-MD, 1987), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA, 1992), Barbara Boxer (D-CA, Jan. 1993), and Patty Murray (D-WA, Jan. 1993).