AP: Ex-Lawmaker Files to Run Against DeLay

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Ex-Lawmaker Files to Run Against DeLay

The Associated Press
Monday, January 2, 2006; 8:25 PM

HOUSTON -- Former U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson said Monday that he has filed paperwork to run
for the congressional seat held by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

Lampson, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for Congress, made his announcement
at a restaurant before about 100 supporters. He filed the paperwork Friday in Austin.

DeLay, a Republican, is seeking a 12th term in his suburban Houston district.

Lampson, a conservative Democrat, represented an adjacent district for eight years until
redistricting that DeLay engineered cost him enough Democratic votes that he lost to
U.S. Rep. Ted Poe, R-Houston, in 2004.

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