Ray Hutchison

Elton Ray Hutchison (September 16, 1932 – March 30, 2014), was an attorney in Dallas, Texas, who served as a Republican in the Texas House of Representatives from District 33-Q in Dallas County from 1973 to 1977[1] and as the chairman of the Texas Republican Party from 1976 to 1977. He was the second husband of Republican former U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas.

For the New Zealand cricketer and umpire, see Ray Hutchison (cricketer). For the earlier Texas Republican Party state chairman, see Thad Hutcheson.
Ray Hutchison
Texas State Representative from District 33-Q in Dallas County
In office
1973–1977
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded byLee Jackson
State Chairman of the Texas Republican Party
In office
1976–1977
Succeeded byRay Barnhart
Personal details
Born
Elton Ray Hutchison

(1932-09-16)September 16, 1932
DiedMarch 30, 2014(2014-03-30) (aged 81)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Resting placeTexas State Cemetery in Austin
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)(1) Mary Eleanor Fogelman Hutchison
(2) Kay Bailey Hutchison
Children4
ResidenceDallas, Texas
Alma materSouthern Methodist University
OccupationAttorney
Senior Counsel with Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy
Years of service1952–1954
Battles/warsKorean War

In 1957, Hutchison graduated with honors from Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas. In 1959, he obtained his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from the same institution.

Hutchison was senior counsel with the law firm Bracewell & Giuliani.[2] His principal area of practice was public finance.

The 1978 gubernatorial primary

In 1976, Hutchison became chairman of the Texas Republican Party, but he left the nonsalaried position in 1977 to pursue his gubernatorial campaign. In the spring of 1978, he lost his party's nomination to Bill Clements, an industrialist also from Dallas, by a lopsided vote of 115,345, 72.8 percent to 38,268, 24.2 percent. Another 4,790 votes or 3 percent went to Charles Thompson. Clements went on to win narrowly the general election by defeating the Democrat John Luke Hill and hence became the first Republican governor of Texas since Reconstruction.

Personal life

Hutchison met his wife, then known as Kay Bailey, when both were state legislators, he from Dallas and she from Houston. Hutchison resided with his wife in Dallas. They adopted two infant children in 2001, a son and a daughter. Both Hutchisons had been previously married. Ray Hutchison has grown children from his first marriage. The couple also owned a home in Nacogdoches, Texas. Hutchison died on March 30, 2014, in Dallas.[2]

References
  1. "Ray Hutchison". Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. Simnacher, Joe (March 2014). "Ray Hutchison: Point man for creating airport, DART, stadiums". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
Preceded by
New district		 Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from District 33-Q (Dallas)
1973–1977		 Succeeded by
Lee Jackson
Preceded by
Missing		 Chairman of the Texas Republican Party

Elton Ray Hutchison
1976–1977

Succeeded by
Ray Barnhart
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