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Congressman Tom DeLay's decision to leave the seat he has held for 22 years may have surprised many state and even local GOP leaders, as well as Democrats. But even before the embattled Texas congressman was revealing his decision to TIME in an exclusive interview, at least one potential Republican successor was already maneuvering to assume his seat. Late Monday night Sugar Land Mayor David G. Wallace,44, a popular second-term city leader whose name is on the ballot for a third term in the May 13 municipal elections, confirmed that he would make...
...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...
...Meanwhile, Republicans were looking in disarray - even before the announcement this week that Tom DeLay would give up his House seat. Some House Republicans were quietly rasing concerns after Majority Leader John Boehner questioned the value of a 700-mile fence for the U.S.-Mexico border that was part of an immigration bill passed by the House in December, while Senate Republicans questioned if their leader, Bill Frist, was allowing his presidential ambitions to get in the way of passing immigration legislation. And as the Senate moved forward with a lenient immigration reform plan, a group of almost two dozen...
...Christine DeLay: But they're scared to death it might make that Tom DeLay look like he could be part human...
...TIME: The campaign finance group Political Moneyline discovered that you'd used an R.J. Reynolds Tobacco plane to go to your arraignment. I know that's perfectly legal. But some people look at that and say: Tom DeLay just doesn...