Which of These Men Will Be the Next Ron Paul?
The fight between Nick Lampson and Randy Weber to represent Congressional District 14 could be one of the few competitive races in the state this election cycle.
The fight between Nick Lampson and Randy Weber to represent Congressional District 14 could be one of the few competitive races in the state this election cycle.
On Tuesday [I tweeted (based on various reports) that Larry Taylor, the House GOP caucus chair, was going to run for Ron Paul’s congressional seat–the point being that if he did so, this would be highly beneficial for Joe Straus, as Taylor could emerge as a potential rival for speaker,
Not surprising, except for the size of the margin. Pete Olson used to work for Cornyn, and the Cornyn people told me last week he had it won. As one Democratic operative reminded me yesterday, this is a district in which Shelley Sekula-Gibbs got 30,000 write-in votes in 2006. Also,