Battle for DeLay's seat: Sekula-Gibbs in, Eckels out

[Judi Lynn]

April 21, 2006, 12:43AM
Battle for DeLay's seat: Sekula-Gibbs in, Eckels out
GOP nominee will be selected by a 4-member panel

By KRISTEN MACK and ALEXIS GRANT
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

The battle for the Republican nomination to succeed U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay is taking shape, with one candidate making her bid official and another prospect bowing out.

Houston City Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs announced Thursday that she will seek the nomination, and Harris County Judge Robert Eckels told the Houston Chronicle this week that he won't.

DeLay, R-Sugar Land, the former House majority leader, announced less than a month after he won the March 7 GOP primary for a 12th term representing the suburban Houston district that he would resign from Congress.

Under state election law, the replacement Republican nominee for the November ballot will be selected by a four-member committee of precinct chairs representing each of the counties that are part of the 22nd Congressional District — Brazoria, Galveston, Fort Bend and Harris.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3808974.html



Shelley Sekula-Gibbs

[More Than A Feeling]

1. The people they mention in the story all seem like pikers

compared to a former Representative like Nick Lampson.

[David Zephyr]

2. Delay's "chosen" replacement will be from Fort Bend County.

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[Weembo]

3. Shelley is awful

Cashed in on her deceased newscaster husband's well-known last name to get her city council gig, then dropped it like a bad habit.