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  TX - District 22
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Texas > TX - District 22
OfficeHouse of Representatives
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2006 - 12:00am
Polls Open November 07, 2006 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 07, 2006 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2007 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
ContributorUser 490
Last ModifiedBarack O-blame-a May 27, 2007 12:43pm
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionRep. DeLay exited the race on 4/3/2006.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/02/2004
NameTom DeLay Votes149,901 (55.15%)
Term01/03/2005 - 06/09/2006 Margin38,160 (+14.04%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 07, 2006 TX District 22 - D Primary Nick Lampson
Mar 07, 2006 TX District 22 - R Primary Tom DeLay
Nov 07, 2006 TX - District 22 - Special Election Shelley Sekula-Gibbs
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 9.7500000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Nick Lampson
Safe 1
Strong 2
Lean 19
Slight 15
Shelley Sekula-Gibbs
Slight 3
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

01/10/2006 10/27/2006

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Rep. Nick Lampson (W)City Council Shelley Sekula-Gibbs Robert "Bob" Smither (W) Don Richardson (W) Joe Raesbeck
PartyDemocratic Republican Libertarian Independent Independent
Votes76,775 (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%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Zogby International 
10/23-10/27		 36.00% (+0.0) 28.00% (+0.0) 4.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Baselice & Associates (R) 
08/23-08/24		 35.00% (+0.0) 46.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
University of Houston 
01/10-01/12		 30.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
N Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. [L]
D PaGuy
I McCord 2014
D Bob
R Glenn Jacobs [L]
Veg Thomas Walker

NEWS
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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