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TX 22: Stockman Sounding Bullish On Long-Shot Bid

By Greg Giroux | 5:24 PM; Mar. 24, 2006

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s fight for political survival in Texas’ 22nd District is one of this year’s most compelling stories, with the spotlight focusing on the controversial incumbent and his Democratic challenger, former Rep. Nick Lampson.

But they likely will have company on the ballot from independent candidate Steve Stockman, a conservative who was elected to the House in the huge 1994 Republican class but served just one term before losing his seat to Lampson.

Though Stockman says he is running to win, most observers are watching him more for his potential as a “spoiler.” Most votes for Stockman presumably would come from DeLay’s traditional conservative base, eroding the incumbent’s structural advantage in a district that typically leans strongly Republican.

Stockman — now a staff member of the Leadership Institute, which trains young conservative activists — will qualify for the November ballot if he meets a May 11 deadline to submit 500 signatures of 22nd District voters who did not participate in this year’s primary. In that March 7 voting, DeLay defeated three GOP challengers with 62 percent and Lampson was nominated without Democratic opposition.

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