Democrats Fight To Keep DeLay...
The TX Dem Party filed suit today in order to keep Rep. Tom DeLay's (R-TX) name on the TX 22 ballot this November. From the Fort Bend Now web site:
The suit, filed in Travis County 126th District Court, seeks to undo an hours-old declaration by Republican Party Chair Tina Benkiser that DeLay is ineligible to run in the general election.If DeLay doesn’t serve as the party’s candidate for Congressional District 22, then according to the Texas Election Code, no other candidate is allowed to replace him, the suit says.
Lawyers for Houston’s Riddle & Brazil law firm, which filed the action, obtained a temporary restraining order at about 5:10 p.m. from Judge Darlene Byrne. Sources familiar with the case said the order prevents Benkiser from calling a meeting of the so-called District Executive Committee or taking other measures to replace DeLay as the Republican Party nominee for CD-22.
Benkiser, the only defendant named in the suit, could not be reached for comment Thursday afternoon.