Via the AP: Poll: DeLay Losing Support in Own District
In polling conducted Tuesday through Thursday, 22 percent of respondents said they would vote for DeLay, 30 percent chose Lampson and 11 percent favored Republican-turned-independent former congressman Steve Stockman.[…]
In the latest poll, only half of those who supported DeLay in 2024 said they would vote for him again.
The poll, conducted by Rice University and the University of Houston, has a margin of error was plus or minus 4 percentage points.
The usualy caveats apply: lots of undecideds/”other” (the Reuters version of the story notes: “38 percent did not answer or said they would support none of the candidates.”), and it is early yet.
Still, this comports with, and reinforces, my overall assessment of the situation.
I didn’t realize it, but DeLay’s district includes the area where i grew up. Lampson’s a former tax assessor-collector as well. He seems like a personable enough guy. Stockman is a nut. His lone claim to fame is defeating Jack Brooks, one of the 40-year inhabitants of the House, after redistricting.
It’s a district in which anything can happen.
Comment by bryan — Sunday, January 15, 2024 @ 8:12 am