 Former state representative Paul Sadler and former state solicitor general Ted Cruz respectively won the Democratic and Republican runoffs, and Cruz won the general election by a wide margin.In an interview with "Texas Monthly" published in December 2007, incumbent senator Kay Bailey Hutchison stated that she would not seek re-election and might also resign from the Senate as early as 2009 to run for Governor of Texas.After the 2008 elections, Hutchison formed an exploratory committee to run for governor in 2010.