The real news here is in the last line of the article:
Republican leaders from Harris County met in Pasadena Saturday to interview potential candidates for the 22nd District congressional seat that will be vacated by outgoing Rep. Tom DeLay sometime in May or June.
The day drew seven hopefuls, who filled out a questionnaire detailing their political history and philosophies, including Houston City Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, state Rep. Robert Talton of Pasadena, lawyer Tom Campbell, who came in second to DeLay in the March primary, state Rep. Charlie Howard of Sugar Land, state Sen. Mike Jackson of La Porte, businessman Timothy Turner and Precinct 3 Fort Bend County Commissioner Andy Meyers.
In closed-door sessions, potential nominees handed out copies of their questionnaires and gave presentations to the roughly 50 precinct chairs. The replacement nominee for the November ballot will be selected by a four-member committee of precinct chairs -- one each from Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston and Harris counties....
The leaders at the meeting did not say whether any candidate had broken out of the pack on Saturday, but several expressed disappointment that Sugar Land Mayor David Wallace, who many considered a leading candidate, did not fill out the questionnaire and failed to show.
Wallace would have been the front-runner, holding the blessing of The Hammer; that he would snub the actual kingmakers seems to bode ill for his prospects. Given that probably only a few DDers have enough familiarity with this district to have an opinion, which of these do you think the Pukes will pick for the privilege of losing to Nick Lampson in November?
Here are the websites of the three announced candidates:
Who do you like?
It would also be interesting to know if any are planning on holding out for Kinky Friedman.
There's a similar poll at my Kos diary.
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