Hot runoffs in DeLay's old seat, Dallas district

[sonias]

AAS 3/31/08
Hot runoffs in DeLay's old seat, Dallas district
Early voting begins today; election is April 8.


WASHINGTON — Shelley Sekula Gibbs was elected three times to the Houston City Council and once to a temporary seat in Congress, but she is in a tough Republican contest against newcomer Pete Olson as she seeks to return to the U.S. House.

Two runoff campaigns are under way for Texas congressional seats: the suburban Houston Republican runoff for the nomination to take on first-term U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson, D-Stafford, and a Dallas Democratic primary runoff for the chance to take on Republican Rep. Pete Sessions.

The race between Sekula Gibbs and Olson, a former Senate staffer, is a prelude to one of this fall's more competitive House races. Lampson won the seat in 2006, wresting it away from Republicans, who had held it for 22 years with Tom DeLay before he resigned under pressure amid a campaign finance scandal.

In Dallas, attorney Eric Roberson and retiree Steve Love are in a Democratic runoff in District 32, now held by the Republican Sessions.

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Sonia

[tammywammy]

1. Didn't she have a whole agenda for her month in office when she replaced Delay?

Like a massive agenda. LOL

[sonias]

2. Like having her inherited DeLay staff quit on her

Yes she had a massive agenda that went no where fast!

:rofl:


Sonia