CQPolitics.com notes that Rep. Tom DeLay is facing some competition in the Republican primary for the 22nd Congressional District, scheduled for March 7. Three candidates are running against him, one of whom, Tom Campbell, is running TV ads that indirectly attack DeLay. No one expects Campbell to upset DeLay, but it could pose another challenge for the staunch NASA supporter. Some comments at the end of the article point out that a former Republican Congressman, Steve Stockman, is contemplating filing to run as an independent for the general election in that district against DeLay and Democrat Nick Lampson. Would Stockman’s entry end up splitting the Republican vote or the DeLay protest vote?
I assume this is a different Tom Campbell than the one who I believe used to be a centerist Republican from San Jose.
That other Tom Campbell is now Dean of Berkeley’s Business School.