Lots of state Republicans mentioned in this Roll Call piece.  Among them, Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott, and Republican Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst.  From the Roll Call:

Sen. John Cornyn Texas, the incoming National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman, would like to see his former colleague on the Texas Supreme Court, state Attorney General Greg Abbott (R), succeed Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) should she resign her seat to run for governor in 2010.

Sources have confirmed Cornyn’s interest in Abbott, with GOP insiders close to the state attorney general acknowledging on Wednesday that he is weighing a Senate bid based on entreaties for him to run that have come from top Republicans both in Washington, D.C., and in Texas.

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