Gov Perry says no special election for Delay's seat

[Jersey Devil]

unless he resigns in writing by this Friday.

Excellent! Now our candidate Lampson will not have to run the gauntlet of perhaps 3 elections or run against an incumbent.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,190881,00.html

[INdemo]

1. For whats it worth

Rick Perry is up for re-eleection this year,,Could he possibly withdraw from the Governors race and...........

[EST]

2. That means he will appount someone to fill that seat, right?

Or the repugnant party will.

[Jersey Devil]

3. No - seat remains vacant until the election in November

A gov cannot appoint a member of the House.

[Hand]

5. Har har har!!!!

Looks like the Bugman's constituents get taxation without representation for a while! :evilgrin:

[monarch]

4. Too bad!

I guess that he will have to forgo all that good Christian money for his legal fees since he will have to stop accepting campaign money once he abandons his race. I feel soooo sorry for him.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

6. This is pretty good all around.

1. With no special election, under Texas law the R bigwigs in the district simply anoint a new R candidate for the November election, regardless of whether that person ran in the primary. So I expect one or more of the primary losers may challenge that anointing, leading to infighting.

2. Lampson can make a lot of hay criticizing Perry for not calling the special election, or an emergency election.

3. I'd say there's a better than even chance that district will get at least part of a major hurricane this summer, most likely after Delay leaves in June. With no one to speak for them in Congress, well, that just looks bad.

Anything I missed?