Tom DeLay to face primary opponent

Chris Elam breaks the story:

Patricia Baig forms an Exploratory Committee for a potential primary run against Tom DeLay in Congressional District 22. Baig joins G-Mike Fjetland as the second local DeLay critic who has formed such a committee.

Will both end up running against DeLay in the March primary?

Will Pete McCloskey and the "Republican elders" come down to interview Baig and make it a race between her and Fjetland to $50K?

A search of Elam's blog turns up some other interesting information. She's surfaced over the past year as a DeLay critic, buying ads criticizing the Majority Leader and sponsoring an upcoming GOP picnic in October. She's also the wife of an oil man, so it looks like she'll have some money if she chooses to self-finance her challenge.

However, it looks as though she may have a difficult time in a Republican primary, even if she wasn't facing Tom DeLay. Fort Bend GOP Chairman Eric Thode has emailed previously: she's never voted in a Republican primary, never given money to the GOP (until the picnic), and she gave money to Richard Morrison in 2004.

Elam is the first one to have this story. We'll see how long it takes to get into the local newspapers.

Posted by Evan @ 08/30/05 12:03 AM

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she's never voted in a Republican primary, given money to the GOP (until the picnic), and she gave money to Richard Morrison in 2004.

Woah! You'd think she at least would have some experience as a precinct chair before running a race for federal office (and a GOP precinct chair at that!). :D

Posted by kevin @ 08/30/05 07:41 AM

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