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Texas Watch: Cheney could be charm or curse in GOP's bid to regain DeLay's seat
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| Contributor | DFWDem |
| Last Edited | DFWDem Jun 01, 2008 08:52am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Dallas Morning News |
| News Date | Sunday, June 1, 2008 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON – Republicans badly want Tom DeLay's old congressional seat back, and they're already sending big guns. Vice President Dick Cheney comes to Houston on Friday to replenish GOP nominee Pete Olson's coffers.
Not bad for a first-time candidate who's basically broke in his bid to unseat Rep. Nick Lampson, D-Stafford, though Democrats call it a sign of desperation.
Few political figures are as polarizing as Mr. Cheney. He does draw donors, though he's not much of a good-luck charm. The last House candidate he stumped for lost a special congressional election the next day in another "safe" GOP district, in rural Mississippi, last month. And he helped Mr. Lampson's last GOP opponent, Shelley Sekula Gibbs, raise $200,000 just before the 2006 election.
She lost as a write-in candidate against Mr. Lampson, though she won the right to serve the final weeks of Mr. DeLay's term. She lost again to Mr. Olson in a costly primary this spring. Now Mr. Olson is out of cash.
At last report, he owed $50,000 more than he had in the bank, after raising $900,000. The Democratic incumbent had $1 million in cash, after raising $1.3 million. |
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