Vinny
02-18-2008, 07:41 AM
The question that is on everyone’s mind these days is which party will be holding office in the congressional district of Texas 22nd of the House of Representatives. The Texas 22nd Congressional District covers a south-central portion of the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan area. It includes the cities of Rosenberg and La Marque as well as portions of Missouri City and Pearland, in Fort Bend, Harris, Galveston, and Brazoria counties.
Texas 22 (http://www.deanforcongress.com/) nd congressional district attracted a lot of attention in the recent 2006 elections. That year, the citizens of Texas 22nd voted twice. One for the special elections and one for the general elections. On August 29, 2006, the Texas Governor Rick Perry announced that a special election would take place for the unexpired term of DeLay (November-December 2006), coinciding with the general election on November 7, 2006. This meant that voters would vote twice on that date, once for the special election, once for the general election.
Once a Democratic stronghold, Texas recently became known as a rock-ribbed Republican state dominated by social and fiscal conservatism regardless of party affiliation. The 2006 election season gained a level of attention as big as the state itself. The influence of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Texas politics also resulted in a hotly-contested race in his district that ended up in court, where Democrats prevented Republicans from replacing the ex-congressman on the November ballot, leaving Republicans to rely on a write-in candidate.
The district is again contesting for election. It remains to be seen whether the seat will be retained by Democrats as of now or will be taken over by Republicans. Currently represented by the Democrat Nick Lampson, the race is contested by many known names. This includes Dean Hrbacek (R) - Former Councilman and Mayor of Sugar Land, Brian Klock (R) - Naval reserve commander, Incumbent Nick Lampson, who is standing for a re-election etc. among many others.
Texas 22 (http://www.deanforcongress.com/) nd congressional district attracted a lot of attention in the recent 2006 elections. That year, the citizens of Texas 22nd voted twice. One for the special elections and one for the general elections. On August 29, 2006, the Texas Governor Rick Perry announced that a special election would take place for the unexpired term of DeLay (November-December 2006), coinciding with the general election on November 7, 2006. This meant that voters would vote twice on that date, once for the special election, once for the general election.
Once a Democratic stronghold, Texas recently became known as a rock-ribbed Republican state dominated by social and fiscal conservatism regardless of party affiliation. The 2006 election season gained a level of attention as big as the state itself. The influence of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Texas politics also resulted in a hotly-contested race in his district that ended up in court, where Democrats prevented Republicans from replacing the ex-congressman on the November ballot, leaving Republicans to rely on a write-in candidate.
The district is again contesting for election. It remains to be seen whether the seat will be retained by Democrats as of now or will be taken over by Republicans. Currently represented by the Democrat Nick Lampson, the race is contested by many known names. This includes Dean Hrbacek (R) - Former Councilman and Mayor of Sugar Land, Brian Klock (R) - Naval reserve commander, Incumbent Nick Lampson, who is standing for a re-election etc. among many others.