Texas GOPer Sekula-Gibbs Loses Comeback Attempt
Readers with long memories might remember Texas Republican Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, who briefly served as Tom DeLay's successor after she'd won the special election to succeed him but simultaneously lost for the full term. Sekula-Gibbs' brief tenure in the House was marked by the mass resignation of DeLay's former staffers, who quit rather than work for her for two months.
Well, we won't have Shelley to kick around anymore. Sekula-Gibbs was again running for the seat, hoping for a rematch with incumbent Democrat Nick Lampson. But in tonight's Texas primary runoffs, she lost 68%-32% to Pete Olson, a former aide to Sen. John Cornyn.
And by the way, be on the lookout for this one being a key race this Fall, perhaps the best chance the GOP has to take a seat away from the Dems — it went 64%-35% for President Bush in 2004, and went Democratic in 2006 due mostly to the bizarre circumstances of Tom DeLay's resignation.
Concede no seats.
And fix the sign in.
April 9, 2008 1:12 AM | Reply | Permalink
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
(sorry, it's early)
April 9, 2008 7:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
One minor correction--I believe Olsen was an aide to former Sen. Phil Gramm (R-TX), not current Sen. Jon Cornyn (R-TX). This may indeed be the hardest 2006 pick-up for Dems to retain, but here's hoping Nick Lampson, an original victim of the DeLay Redistricting can do it.
April 9, 2008 7:21 AM | Reply | Permalink
If Obama is the democratic nominee the district and Fort Bend County will lean democrat. So I disagree with TPM's assessment here that
Because based on the March 4th Texas primary and caucus, African Americans who make up a substantial number of registered voters in that district and have never really participated in the past elections registered overwhelmingly to vote for Barack and will vote in huge numbers upsetting any advantage the GOP had in the past.
As someone who lives in that district if the Superdelegates give it Hillary, Democrats will lose.
April 9, 2008 9:11 AM | Reply | Permalink