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...would have a tough fight on his hands. With minutes to go till poll closing in Texas (thanks to a tiny sliver of far western Texas around El Paso running on Mountain time), only a few votes had been counted at the other end of the state southwest of Houston, but the early vote shows Republican challenger Pete Olson hanging on to a slim lead with about 51% of the early vote in two of the four counties reporting to Lampson's 48%. The early-vote count comes from the heart of the district around Sugarland, DeLay's old hometown...
...even in the most conservative areas of the state, for example, Lubbock, early voter turnout records are being broken. Among the 15 big counties, four of the five with 50% or just under turnout are bastions of conservatism - Fort Bend (suburban Houston), Tarrant County (Fort Worth), Collin County (suburban Dallas) and Williamson County (suburban Austin). The fifth county is Travis, home of the state capital Austin and the big blue hole in the red doughnut. - Hilary Hylton / Austin...
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...what it used to be," said University of Houston political scientists Richard Murray. Since 2006, when DeLay abandoned his seat, a large number of middle class African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans have moved into the 22nd's growing suburban areas southwest of Houston, around DeLay's old home base, Sugarland. Murray said. Asians, many of them professional and small businessowners with roots in India and Vietnam, are becoming an important force in local elections, particularly in Fort Bend County, the heart of the district where the sugar fields are giving way to suburban growth. Asian political participation has grown...
...family and faith issues, low taxes and and cuts in government spending that have some appeal to small businessowners. However, one longtime commentator and analyst of Texas politics, Harvey Kronberg, editor of the Quorum Report, an Austin-based political newsletter, said he has never seen Democrats in the Houston area as organized as they are this year. "Olson is an attractive candidate but it is still a rough year for Republicans," Kronberg said. "Conventional wisdom gives it to the R(epublican), [but] I think Lampson holds...