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  TX - District 22
RACE DETAILS
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OfficeHouse of Representatives
HonorificRepresentative - Abbr: Rep.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2006 - 12:00am Central
Polls Open November 07, 2006 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 07, 2006 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2007 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Turnout 22.75% Total Population
ContributorUser 490
Last ModifiedBarack O-blame-a May 27, 2007 12:43pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description Rep. DeLay exited the race on 4/3/2006.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/07/2006
NameShelley Sekula-Gibbs Votes76,924 (62.07%)
Term11/08/2006 - 01/03/2007 Margin53,499 (+43.17%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/2008
NamePete Olson Votes161,996 (51.29%)
Term01/03/2009 - 01/03/2011 Margin21,836 (+6.91%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
06/21/2005 11/07/2006
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Nick Lampson 15 19 2 1
Shelley Sekula-Gibbs 3 ------
Leaning Call: Nick Lampson (95.45%)
Weighted Call: Nick Lampson (99.82%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

01/10/2006 10/27/2006

CANDIDATES
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Name Rep. Nick Lampson (W) City Councillor Shelley Sekula-Gibbs Robert "Bob" Smither (W) Don Richardson (W) Joe Raesbeck  
PartyDemocratic Republican Libertarian Independent Independent  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 76,775 (51.79%) 61,938 (41.78%) 9,009 (6.08%) 428 (0.29%) 89 (0.06%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -14,837 (-10.01%) -67,766 (-45.71%) -76,347 (-51.50%) -76,686 (-51.73%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2005 00/00/2006 00/00/2005 08/15/2006 --  
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MATCHUP POLLS (3 from 3 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg35.11%-- 27.96%-- 2.37%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
Zogby International 
10/23/06-10/27/06
36.00% -- 28.00% -- 4.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Baselice & Associates (R) 
08/23/06-08/24/06
35.00% -- 46.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
University of Houston 
01/10/06-01/12/06
30.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Nov 15, 2006 03:00pm News Lame-Duck Texas Rep. Gets Down to Work Without DeLay  Article New York Democrat 
Nov 01, 2006 11:30am Advertisement Texas: Dems Try to Split GOP Vote in Race for DeLay's Seat  Article RP 
Oct 23, 2006 09:00pm News Campaign '06: Tom DeLay's Gift to the Democrats  Article ArmyDem 
Aug 21, 2006 01:55pm Announcement Sugar Land mayor withdraws from race for DeLay's House seat  Article RP 
Aug 18, 2006 12:00am News GOP puts support behind Sekula-Gibbs  Article mtrz 
Aug 16, 2006 10:00pm News DeLay’s [TX-22] Seat Up for Grabs, Texas Republicans Will Meet to Weigh Write-Ins  Article ArmyDem 

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