On November 7, Texas voters in the 22nd U.S. House district will see two races for that seat on their ballot. One is the regular term, and one is the special election for the two-month term for the remainder of this year. Oddly, the special election ballot will list no Democrat; the regular election will list no Republican; but both elections will list Bob Smither, the Libertarian. Democrat Nick Lampson refuses to run for the two-month term, and so the two-month term ballot will include 4 Republicans and Smither.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
The special Election was a Republican attempt to have their write-in candidates’ name appear on the ballot before the General Election section, so that more people would write in their candidates name in the general, despite the fact that the Governor had previously said that no Special Election was neccessary, and then pulled a 180.