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Waxahachie's Pitts joins race to unseat [TX Speaker] Craddick
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| Last Edited | DFWDem May 21, 2007 07:31pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Dallas Morning News |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 22, 2007 01:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | AUSTIN – With talk of a House coup escalating again Monday, a second Republican lawmaker has decided to join the race to unseat three-term House Speaker Tom Craddick.
Rep. Jim Pitts of Waxahachie filed his candidacy with the state Ethics Commission for a term to begin if Craddick is unseated, a spokesman for the commission said.
Until this session started in January, Pitts was chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, where he led the writing of the multibillion dollar two-year state budget.
Before the 140-day legislative session started in January, Pitts unsuccessfully challenged Craddick, a fellow Republican, in another race to be speaker. He withdrew his name when it became clear Craddick had enough votes to win.
The House has been abuzz recently with speculation that the chamber will vote to force Craddick to step aside before the current legislative session ends May 28.
Rep. Jim Keffer, an Eastland Republican, announced his candidacy for the top House post last week. Unlike Keffer's bid, which would be for a term to begin in January 2009, Pitts' candidacy would be for a term to begin when and if a bid to unseat Craddick is successful. |
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