You know it’s gonna get stranger

By W.C. Varones ~ September 1st, 2006 @ 7:14 pm

Commenter Jack pointed to this in an earlier post today:

Democratic former Rep. Nick Lampson has decided not to compete in a belatedly scheduled Nov. 7 special election for the seat in Texas’ 22nd Congressional District, which was vacated in June by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay — choosing instead to focus on his strong bid to take over this Republican seat in the general election to be held the same day.

I don’t get it. What’s the strategy here? Why would he not want to appear on the ballot in both places? Would it have cost him anything significant? Does he think people are likely to vote for him once, but wouldn’t have voted for him twice? Discuss.