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Lampson wins; other results

Democrat Nick Lampson is returning to the House after declaring victory in the race for the 22nd District in Texas late Tuesday night Lampson got 52% of the vote, beating out Republican write-in candidate Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, who got 42%. Sekula-Gibbs will also be going to Congress, albeit briefly: she won the special election the same day to serve out the remaining weeks of Tom DeLay’s term, an election where she was on the ballot, but not Lampson.

Elsewhere, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) won reelection, with a margin of victory larger than some earlier polls suggested. Nonetheless, he will lose his chairmanship of the appropriations subcommittee that handles NASA’s budget given that the Democrats have taken control of the House. In California, Reps. Dana Rohrabacher and Ken Calvert won reelection by wide margins.

1 comment to Lampson wins; other results

  • Charles Phillips

    One interesting tidbit about the Lampson victory is that, very late in the race, The Ultimate Survivor (George Abbey) hosted an event for Nick and was quoted as opposing many of the current plans for Shuttle and Station. We all know Mr Abbey – former head of Flight Crew Ops and former Center Director at JSC.

    This is interesting in part since George is a wiley guy that has returned from being banished from JSC before. Perhaps he will be an advisor for Nick Lampson? Perhaps his ideas may yet get another consideration?

    George is a Machivellian character (I always wanted to say that) and it is surprising where he shows up.

    Charles
    PS standard disclaimer – I was a low level volunteer in the Lampson campaign