Word: lampson
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...bacon for voters in bow tie-shaped district south of Houston, DeLay, under a cloud of ethics allegations and still-unresolved criminal charges, abandoned his seat mid-election in 2006, leading to a Republican succession battle that resembled a circular firing squad. Out from the smoke came Nick Lampson, a moderate Democrat who had been drawn out of his old neighboring congressional seat in DeLay's mid-decade redistricting power play. Lampson noted his family's roots in the area and his support from veterans groups and the National Rifle Association to win over voters in the 22nd...
...former chief of staff to former Texas Senator Phil Gramm and current Texas Senator John Cornyn. Republican heavyweights including President George W. Bush, Gov. Mitt Romney and popular conservative Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal have stood shoulder to shoulder with Olson at campaign appearances and fundraisers as he rails against Lampson as a closet liberal out of step with the district's conservative voters. Meanwhile, the Democrats have poured money into Lampson re-election efforts-the latest numbers from the Federal Election Commission showed him with about $900,000 on hand, roughly triple what Olson has left. A poll released this...
...political turmoil wasn't enough, along came Hurricane Ike in September, disrupting the campaign and leading political operatives to wander in the weeds-literally- in search of displaced voters. The hunt revealed that some voters in Democratic precincts may have been displaced by the storm, but it also gave Lampson an opportunity to emphasize his responsiveness by bringing in staffers and support services, including a mobile congressional phone bank with links to government aid agencies. Both sides suspended their campaigns for much of September, but Lampson kept a high profile during the Ike recovery, his face on television side...
...Lampson will win," said Austin Republican political consultant Bill Miller. "This is all about 2008, when the district goes back to the Republicans." And, hopefully, to a more orderly election process...
...Lampson is running a campaign focused on local issues. At an area-wide Democratic candidate forum he eschewed the antiwar/anti-Bush rhetoric of his fellow Democrats and focused on health care and transportation. Meanwhile, Republicans in this conservative district are trying to link him to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic donors like Barbra Streisand. With $3.3 million in the bank and an $850,000 television ad buy courtesy of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Lampson is stressing his early struggles in a poor, hardworking Texas family and his work for education, his support of the Johnson Space Center (it became...