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Gothmog

(145,231 posts) Tue Sep 4, 2018, 07:16 PM Sep 2018

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Democrat @SriPKulkarni defies conventional wisdom to put Tom DeLay's old House seat in play.

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Democrat @SriPKulkarni defies conventional wisdom to put Tom DeLay's old House seat in play. (Original Post) Gothmog Sep 2018 OP

Didnt it flip after he went to prison? Tiggeroshii Sep 2018 #1

We flipped in 2006 when we kept GOP from replacing DeLay on the ballot Gothmog Sep 2018 #2

How interesting. Tiggeroshii Sep 2018 #3

Texas has volunteered to help New York if there is litigation on replacing Collins on the ballot Gothmog Sep 2018 #5

Sri on the Rule of Law Gothmog Sep 2018 #4

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)

1. Didnt it flip after he went to prison?

Reply to Gothmog (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 07:24 PM

Sep 2018

Heres hoping we do it again

Gothmog

(145,231 posts)

2. We flipped in 2006 when we kept GOP from replacing DeLay on the ballot

Reply to Tiggeroshii (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 07:34 PM

Sep 2018

The seat flipped back in 2008

DeLay won the primary and then dropped out sort of like Collins. The GOP tried to replace him and we sued and force the GOP to run a write in candidate who lost. The district was very read back then.

Today the district is far less red and has a decent number of Asian voters

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)

3. How interesting.

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 08:06 PM

Sep 2018

Hopefully he pulls through a win!

Gothmog

(145,231 posts)

5. Texas has volunteered to help New York if there is litigation on replacing Collins on the ballot

Reply to Tiggeroshii (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 01:27 AM

Sep 2018

The fact that the GOP has not replaced Collins on the ballot is interesting. Ballots for overseas military voters need to be prepared soon and the Democrats can tie up any attempt to replace Collins for sufficient time to keep him from being replaced.

Gothmog

(145,231 posts)

4. Sri on the Rule of Law

Reply to Gothmog (Original post)

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 01:25 AM

Sep 2018

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