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Sugar Land mayor withdraws from (Congressional) race for DeLay's House seat
Houston Chronicle ^
| Aug. 21, 2006, 1:55PM
| ERIC HANSON
Posted on 08/21/2006 1:17:13 PM PDT by weegee
SUGAR LAND — Mayor David Wallace will not run as a write-in Republican candidate for the congressional seat vacated by Tom DeLay.
Wallace announced his decision about the Congressional District 22 race today at a news conference at Sugar Land City Hall.
The decision comes after Republican party leaders from Fort Bend, Harris, Galveston and Brazoria counties selected Houston City Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs as the party's choice to run in the November election as a write-in candidate.
No Republican will appear on the ballot because DeLay stepped down after winning the nomination in March. A court ruled the party could not replace him on the ballot.
The only candidates on the ballot will be Democrat Nick Lampson and Libertarian Bob Smither.
TOPICS: Texas; U.S. Congress
KEYWORDS: 2006election; congress; congressionalrace; delay; election2006; electioncongress; getdelay; harriscounty; houston; sekulagibbs; sugarland; texas; tomdelay; writeincandidate
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:17:14 PM PDT
by
weegee
To: 1riot1ranger; Action-America; Aggie Mama; Alkhin; Allegra; American72; antivenom; Antoninus II; ...
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:17:46 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
To: weegee
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:19:00 PM PDT
by
Hydroshock
( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
To: weegee
I knew he'd step aside...Wallace would not sell out that district and split the republican vote...great move Wallace, THANKS...
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:20:16 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: weegee
Good. Now, the Republicans just need to 'educate' people to spell Sekula-Gibbs as correct as possible, since the Democrats may draft one of the Bee Gees to confuse the voters...
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:21:28 PM PDT
by
paudio
(Universal Human Rights and Multiculturalism: Liberals want to have cake and eat it too!)
To: weegee
I really didn't think Wallace would withdraw. This gives us an outside shot at holding the seat.
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:21:28 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: weegee
G-I-B-B-S
Just practicing....
To: paudio
She needs to get her name legally changed to "A B C" before the election! ;-)
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:24:39 PM PDT
by
mwyounce
To: mwyounce
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:25:21 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
To: mwyounce
And Texas permits nicknames on the ballot.
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:25:37 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
To: paudio
The Rats have run dead people before...
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:26:15 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
To: mwyounce
No, she NEEDS to drop that stupid feminist hyphen and pick a last name.
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:30:53 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(No movie shall triumph over "Snakes on a Plane.")
To: mwyounce
I think she ought to have her name changed to a symbol of some sort like prince did. That way she can claim any incidental mark on the allot at all as an attempt to make the symbol. :)
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:35:17 PM PDT
by
GulfBreeze
(No one can show me one shread of evidence that athiests even exist.)
To: weegee; TWfromTEXAS
I told you the other day Wallace wouldn't run...
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:35:41 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: GulfBreeze
Name for her is not a problem...they'll accept Gibbs, Sekula ... they'll accept her first name in fact...
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:37:10 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: shield
wallace will run, just not this time. it is his goal in life and he has been trying for delays job for ten years.
To: TWfromTEXAS
He may but I understand he's got lots of garbage to overcome. I like what I've seen of him...but he's not as popular as I thought. So now the Republican vote will not be split. Thank The Lord...
I'm upset with Delay for leaving 22 high and dry. Maybe one day, we'll learn why he actually did that.
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:45:34 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: shield
I'm one of the most (If not the most) fervent DeLay fans out there and I am upset that he didn't go ahead and run after they said he couldn't be replaced.
What a deal.
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:52:29 PM PDT
by
GulfBreeze
(No one can show me one shread of evidence that athiests even exist.)
To: weegee
The Rats have run dead people before... Well, that's only fair since most of their voters are deceased, too.
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:55:08 PM PDT
by
TheGrimReaper
(Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.)
To: weegee
A court ruled the party could not replace him on the ballot. I guess the Toricelli Rule doesn't apply down here, huh?
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:57:00 PM PDT
by
TheGrimReaper
(Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.)
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