| Candidate | Votes | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Pete Olson | 15,492 | 68.51% |
| Snelly Gibbr | 7,118 | 31.48% |
RESULTS: TX SoS | Houston Chronicle | KTRK | KHOU
11:28PM: Nick Lampson’s campaign manager’s statement on the results:
Lampson for Congress campaign manager Anthony Gutierrez
issued the following statement tonight regarding the results of the CD22
Republican primary runoff:“Congressman Lampson has promoted NASA while his opponent didn’t know the
name of the Johnson Space Center in a recent debate. He has worked on
transportation issues while his opponent supports more toll roads and a big
government land grab called the Trans-Texas Corridor. And he has worked for
affordable health care while his opponent opposes the State Children’s
Health Insurance Program. Congressman Lampson is an independent voice for
Texas. His opponent is a Washington insider with little or no knowledge of
this district.”
9:55PM: Yup, this one is over. The Chronicle is calling the race for Olson, who will face off with freshman Democratic Rep. Nick Lampson in November.
9:27PM: Gibbs is falling behind in the e-day votes now, too. A Snelly Gibbr loss is a loss for hilarity.
9:13PM: Sekula Gibbs is winning the e-day votes counted so far, but Olson’s early vote advantage looks formidable. RIP Gibbr?
8:30PM Eastern: Olson gets a huge early lead based on the advance ballots.
Polls will close at 6PM Mountain Time (8PM Eastern) in the hot runoff race between former Rep. Shelley Sekula Gibbs (heh) and former Sen. Cornyn chief of staff Pete Olson. We’ll keep tabs on the results in this thread as they come in.
In the meantime, here were the results of the March 4th primary:
| Candidate | Votes | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Snelly Gibbr | 16,681 | 29.72% |
| Pete Olson | 11,630 | 20.72% |
| John Manlove | 8,388 | 14.94% |
| Robert Talton | 8,163 | 14.54% |
| Dean Hrbacek | 5,864 | 10.44% |
| Cynthia Dunbar | 2,114 | 3.76% |
| Jim Squier | 989 | 1.76% |
| Brian Klock | 992 | 1.76% |
| Kevyn Bazzy | 879 | 1.56% |
| Ryan Rowley | 424 | 0.75% |
While I think we’re all cheering for a Sekula Gibbs victory, this was a fun and nasty primary that either GOPer will walk away bruised from. The Gibbr picked up the endorsements of Hrbacek and Dunbar, while virtually every other Republican on the planet has endorsed Olson. Let’s see how this shakes out.
I was hoping to see Mr. Manlove win the first primary. I wanted to give him the nickname “Boy” and then form an international association of his admirers, well, O.K., from the U.S. and Canada, and call it the North American “Boy” Manlove Association. We would have done everything possible to make our support for this stalwart Repub known throughout the district. But alas, it was not to be.
Just out of curiosity. I haven’t followed this closely, but here are the FEC numbers:
As of 3/19/08
SGibbs – – – – – – v. Olsen
Raised $1,222,825 v. $810,012
CashOH $85,309 v. $114,957
SGibbs has $490,000 in debt, so her real CashOH is more like -$400,000. Olson has $170,000 in debt, so his real CashOH is -$55,000.
I’m rooting for Shelly Sekula-Manlove-Talton-Hrbacek-Klock-Bazzy.
Also, I just watched the replay of the Daily Show, and it ended with Rep. Jane Harman talking about Experience Points. That made my day.
Looks like Lampson is going to have to learn how to run a serious campaign.
As a constituent, I dunno how I feel about this one. I really wanted the easy victory against Shelly.
Looks like we have to deal with Olson. I look forward to kicking his ass in November!
what’s going on there? Have polls closed yet?
If you want to follow along, here is the link: http://www.mercurynews.com/ele…
Jackie Speier is leading the pack with 77% of the vote right now, 0% In.
Lampson needs to really go after his opponent, especially now when Olson doesn’t have a lot of money Lampson can define him.
shouldn’t take long for that to happen.
For those of us who’ll keep an eye on it?
… one delicious detail.
To serve her term of days or weeks in that House seat, Ms Sekula Gibbs had to resign from her position on the Houston City Council. Her elected successor happens to be Rick Noriega’s wife. Shelly has been helping turn Houston blue!