House Update: Texas Still Loves Their GOPers
November 4, 2008
| 11:45 PM
It turns out Rep. Nick Lampson's (D-TX 22) '06 win was a fluke. Sen. Cornyn ex-aide Pete Olson (R) defeated Lampson 52-45% in a CD that's heavily GOP. It was always going to be an uphill climb for the Dem to keep the seat, and Olson's primary win -- where he defeated the erratic ex-Rep. Shelley Sekula Gibbs (R) -- made Lampson's climb that much tougher. A win by Sekula Gibbs may have handed Lampson another freebee.
Meanwhile, in two other areas where GOPers were thought to be in some bit of trouble, Reps. John Culberson (R-TX 07) and Michael McCaul (R-TX 10) enjoyed comfortable wins.
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