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...recent days, Bob Perry has been back in the news again for a gift to Bill Ceverha, the former treasurer of Texas Republicans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC), the political action committee at the heart of Texas District Attorney Ronnie Earle's investigation of DeLay's funding for redistricting efforts. Ceverha is the only one, so far, found culpable in a civil suit for TRMPAC's alleged illegal maneuvers. Perry helped Ceverha pay his legal fees and, as a member of a state pension board, Ceverha was obliged to report the gift. The Texas Ethics Commission, to the chagrin...
...Wallace is not the only Texas Republican expressing an interest in DeLay's seat. Harris County Judge Bob Eckels, the chief executive officer for the county that includes most of the metropolitan Houston area, may make a run, as well as Houston attorney Tom Campbell, who won 30 percent of the vote in the March primary against DeLay. But given his personal and political connections, Wallace appears to have a jump on the others...
...actual date of DeLay's resignation and its confirmation by the Texas Secretary of State will determine when an election for the seat will be held. If DeLay officially resigns before this Friday, April 7, a special election could be called for the next so-called uniform election date, May 13. If the resignation falls after April 7, Gov. Rick Perry (no relation to Bob Perry) could call a special election date later, or could hold the seat vacant until the general election in November...
...that case, a special election would be open to all comers, but it will be up to GOP officials to name a candidate to replace DeLay's name on the November general election ballot. In this scenario, any GOP winner in an earlier special election would probably have an edge...
...Meanwhile, it is likely that DeLay's pending move of his legal residence to Alexandria, Virginia, will not effect his trial on campaign finance irregularities. (His move out of the state is how DeLay is making himself ineligible for reelection.) "Mr. DeLay's political status has nothing to do with the criminal charges against him, and this changes nothing," Earle told the Austin American-Statesman Monday night. On the other hand, the criminal charges may have a lot to do with his political status, and as the political jockeying already under way in Texas makes abundantly clear, DeLay's exit...