Texas: another write-in jumps into the TX-22 race
CQ Politics reports: Republican Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, a Houston city councilwoman, said today that she will ask Texas Republican officials to support her as a consensus write-in candidate in the 22nd Congressional District, where former Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s announced withdrawal has left the party’s ballot line empty for November’s House contest.
Sekula-Gibbs’ application to run — which came a day after an announcement by Sugar Land Mayor David G. Wallace that he would wage a write-in campaign — puts the Republicans in a deep quandary.
Despite the district’s typically strong Republican leanings, the GOP faces a very difficult challenge to defeat the strong takeover bid by Democratic former Rep. Nick Lampson with a write-in campaign, even if just one strong Republican candidate is running. Bids by more than one strong contender likely would split the write-in vote and render the party’s effort futile. -- CQPolitics.com - Second GOP Hopeful Asks for Party Support of Write-In Bid in Texas 22nd