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Lame-Duck Texas Rep. Gets Down to Work Without DeLay
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Nov 15, 2006 04:28am |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Washington Post article.
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"Shelley Sekula-Gibbs was sworn in as a congresswoman on Monday night and already she's a lame duck. Because of a weird electoral quirk, her brief term in office expires next month.
But you couldn't tell that by listening to her."
"Sekula-Gibbs (R-Tex.) won a race for Congress on Nov. 7. She also lost a race for Congress on Nov. 7. It's a long story:
Tom "The Hammer" DeLay, the former House majority leader who was indicted on money-laundering charges, resigned from Congress last spring after winning the Republican primary. Last week, voters in DeLay's old district, the 22nd, got to cast two votes for Congress. The Texas voters elected Sekula-Gibbs to fill the remaining portion of DeLay's term -- but they elected Democrat Nick Lampson to succeed DeLay in the Congress that takes office in January, a race that Sekula-Gibbs had to run as a write-in candidate.
That makes for a very short congressional career for Sekula-Gibbs, 53, who is a member of the Houston City Council and a dermatologist -- probably two or three weeks, if you don't count recesses. But she'll retain all the perks that any other ex-member gets, such as use of the House gym and access to the House floor." |
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