Democrat wins bid for Republican's House seat

[Judi Lynn]

Feb. 15, 2006, 10:39PM
Democrat wins bid for Republican's House seat


Associated Press

AUSTIN - Democrat Donna Howard won election to the Texas House on Tuesday to serve the remainder of Republican Todd Baxter's term.

Baxter, who resigned Nov. 1, became a lobbyist for the Texas Cable and Telecommunications Association.

He said he stepped down from House District 48 when he did to allow his successor to speak for the Austin district in a special legislative session on school finance this spring.

Howard, a former Eanes school district trustee, got 12,618 votes, or 57.6 percent, in unofficial, complete returns.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/3663103.html

[flordehinojos]

1. is texas getting fed-up with the bushes cheney halliburton oil arrogant

empire?

[bigdarryl]

2. Republicans loose house seat

This is a trend we have been seeing for some months now with theses special elections like the one in West VA going to Democrats in republican districts. the republicans WILL! loose the house this November.

[scratchtasia]

3. Missouri

We had a recent pickup for the state House in Missouri, also, in a very Republican district.

[flamin lib]

4. We can only hope!

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