Congressional Committee Chairs

To follow is a list of new Democratic chairs of the major Congressional Committees. Note the only Texan is Reyes. Were it not for DeLay’s redistricting, we’d have had Stenholm on Agriculture, and possibly more.

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HD 32: Too Close To Call

Assuming much of Galveston County remains out (70.13 percent of precincts reporting district wide), Gene Seaman has 48.54 percent to Democrat Juan Garcia’s 45.56 percent. It appears the Libertarian, Lenard L. Nelson, who holds 5.90 percent of the vote and has seriously overperformed if the SOS’s results are correct, may have cost Democrats this election.

CD 22: FOX NEWS CALLS IT FOR LAMPSON

9:30 Congressional Update

CD 04: 11.75 percent of pcts reporting Hall, 63%, Melancon, 35.19%

CD 06: 27.01 percent of pcts reporting: Barton, 60.77, Harris, 36.88

CD 07: Early vote: Culberson, 58.53, Henley, 39.68

CD 10: 15% of Precincts Reporting, McCaul 53.63, Ankrum 42.51

CD 14: 29.62 percent of precincts reportins: Paul, 62.9, Sklar, 37.10

CD 17: 24.30 perent of precincts reporting: Edwards, 62.38, Taylor, 36.55

CD 22: 7.39 percent of precincts (keep in mind some counties are nor reporting write-ins yet): Lampson, 56.23; Smither, 5.83, Rasebeck, .03, Richardson, 36.15, Sekula-Gibbs, 1.75 [[I FEEL SOS MAY HAVE ERRED ON THESE CALCULATIONS]]

CD 31: 22.81 percent of precincts reporting, Carter, 59.37, Harrell, 38.51

CD 32: Early Vote, Sessions 58.91, Pryor 39.19

CD 28: Is Cuellar In Danger Of A Runoff?

In another special election as a result of redistricting, Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) is at 47 percent with 8 percent of precincts reporting via SOS. Ron Avery, the Constitution Party Candidate has 26.65 followed by Democrat Frank Enriquez with 26.12.

CD 23: Bonillia Held To Under 50 Percent So Far

With 15 percent of precincts reporting, Bonillia is barely under 50 percent with Ciro Rodriguez next in line with 21.57.

Remember that because this is a special election, if Bonillia is held under 50 percent, that means a December runoff.

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