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'''Nicholas Valentino 'Nick' Lampson''' (born February 14, 1945), is a former educator and a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former [[United States Representative]] for District 22 in southeastern [[Texas]]. In 2006, he defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[write-in candidate]] Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, after former [[Majority Leader]] [[Tom DeLay]] removed himself from the race.<ref>[http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2006/11/08/Election2006/Democrat.Nick.Lampson.To.Take.Over.Former.House.Majority.Leader.Tom.Delays.Distr-2446466.shtmlM "Democrat Nick Lampson to take over former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's District 22 seat"], ''The Daily Texan'', Brad Gray, November 2006</ref> Lampson represented Texas' 9th district from 1997 to 2005; he unseated Republican [[Steve Stockman]] in the 1996 [[general election]].<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/514/000039397/</ref> Lampson has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 86 percent of the time during the 2007-2009 Congress.<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/l000043/</ref>

'''Nicholas Valentino Lampson''', known as '''Nick Lampson''' (born February 14, 1945), is a former educator and a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former [[United States Representative]] for District 22 in southeastern [[Texas]]. In 2006, he defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[write-in candidate]] Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, after former [[Majority Leader]] [[Tom DeLay]] removed himself from the race.<ref>[http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2006/11/08/Election2006/Democrat.Nick.Lampson.To.Take.Over.Former.House.Majority.Leader.Tom.Delays.Distr-2446466.shtmlM "Democrat Nick Lampson to take over former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's District 22 seat"], ''The Daily Texan'', Brad Gray, November 2006</ref> Lampson represented Texas' 9th district from 1997 to 2005; he unseated Republican [[Steve Stockman]] in the 1996 [[general election]].<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/514/000039397/</ref> Lampson has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 86 percent of the time during the 2007-2009 Congress.<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/l000043/</ref>

Lampson was himself unseated in the 2008 general election by the Republican Pete Olson, who still holds the seat.

Lampson was himself unseated in the 2008 general election by the Republican Pete Olson, who still holds the seat.