Bill White formally announced yesterday that he will seek Kay Bailey Hutchison's Senate seat.

Houston Mayor Bill White is looking at his options for 2010, according to a report today.

Nate at FiveThirtyEight reports that Al Franken's Senate campaign has received three pieces of good news:

The Houston Chronicle provides an interesting analysis of why Governor Rick Perry has been loudly complaining about the federal government: he's trying to preemptively weaken any gubernatorial run by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.

The Houston Chronicle is reporting that former Democratic Senate candidate and current state representative Rick Noriega met with President-Elect Barack Obama today in Chicago.

The Chronicle is reporting that Houston Mayor Bill White has commissioned a task force to overhaul the long-suffering electricity grid in Houston.

Of course, we won't have all the details until the RNC reports all its expenditures and contributions, but more and more information about Sarah Palin's makeover beyond the original $150,000 spending spree courtesy of the Republican National Committee has been coming out — and it's not a pretty picture.

Ted Stevens' conviction on all charges has the salutary effect of putting us one seat closer to filibuster-proof control of the Senate.