Lampson vs. DeLay

There have been rumors for weeks that former Congressman Nick Lampson, who lost his reelection bid in November after a controversial redistricting, might consider a bid against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay in 2006. The Galveston Daily News reports today that Lampson will make his bid official today, about 18 months before the general election. Prior to that redistricting Lampson, who served as ranking Democrat on the House Science Committee’s space subcommittee in 2004, had NASA JSC in that district; DeLay, who has emerged as a major patron of the space agency, now has JSC in his district. “It’s going to be a long, hard campaign,” Lampson predicted. “You will probably see it will be an ugly one.”