[fieldmarshaldj]

I have no idea if this fmr. Rep. Silber is related to the former BU President. The Texan apparently only served the remainder of a term in a special election. I was interested in how he managed to attain a Chairmanship in such a short period, let alone what contributed to his defeat.

[txyankee]

I will submit a guess. Its a Republican seat, so Pete Laney, the former democrat Speaker, gave Silber a plum assignment as a chair, in hopes of assisting Silber in his reelection. weirder reasons then this have promoted other democrat legislators under the rein of Pete Laney.