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Mayor of Sugarland, Texas' reelection website

Hmmmmm

ETA:

Speculation from the Quorom Report:

April 3, 2006 10:48 PM
DAVID WALLACE'S MAYORAL WEBSITE DISAPPEARS AS WE POST

Likely Congressional candidate's website already being revamped.

Even as QR was posting this evening, the website that touted David G. Wallace's next run as mayor of Sugar Land was being replaced by a blank page that looks something like this. We can only assume the "under construction" means that we will see a new page touting Wallace's qualifications for Congress arrive shortly.

April 3, 2006 10:33 PM
MORE DETAILS ON THE DELAY STORY

Dragging the whole ticket down

Anecdotal information from the Tom DeLay's district clearly indicated many Republicans intended to sit out the election giving Democrat Nick Lampson a chance.

But the bigger story may be the drag he was becoming on the entire ticket. Having worked to build a Republican majority in Texas, DeLay was on the edge of being responsible for its loss.

Matt Angle, former chief of US Rep. Martin Frost, runs the Lone Star Project out of Washington, DC. Angle says DeLay's mission is now complete.

"Tom DeLay has managed to remove every single leader in the Texas delegation, including himself," Angle said. "He's removed three ranking members, a key whip and now the majority leader of the House."

In Washington, there has been some speculation whether DeLay can remove himself from the ballot in Congressional District 22 at all, post-primary. Typically, under Texas law, the only way a candidate would be taken off the ballot is either to lie or to move out of state. The question, legally, is whether the ballot has been certified, and whether this timing - between the primary and run-off - is a loophole that gives the Republican Party a chance to offer up another candidate in Congressional District 22.

When contacted, the Texas Secretary of State's Office withheld comment pending legal review tomorrow morning. If the Governor can call a special election to replace Mr. DeLay, it is not far-fetched to believe that David Wallace can be placed on the ballot.

Well, this explains the sudden interest in moving to Virginia.

Other Texas bloggers are speculating that he's waiting until June so there's not enough time for a special election AND the general election in November. Given how the primaries shook out, it's not out of the realm of probability that Nick Lampson would win the a special election (especially with those yahoos all running and the fact that all it takes is a majority to win) and then Lampson would go in as the incumbent in November.