When was Senator Hutchison elected to the U.S. Senate?
Senator Hutchison first won election to the U.S. Senate on June 5, 1993, in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Lloyd Bentsen. Senator Hutchison was elected to her first full term in the U.S. Senate on November 8, 1994. And in 2000, more than four million Texans voted for her re-election to a second full term — no other Texas candidate has ever captured more votes. In 2006, she was again re-elected by an overwhelming margin.