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| − | '''Nick Lampson''', born February 14, 1945 (age {{age|1945|2|14}}), is a [[Democratic]] [[United States Representative]] representing District 22 of [[Texas]]. In 2006, he beat [[Republican]] [[write-in candidate]] Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, after former Republican [[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 served as a [[U.S. Representative]] for Texas ninth district from 1997 to 2005. <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> | + | '''Nick Lampson''', born February 14, 1945 (age {{age|1945|2|14}}), is a [[Democratic]] [[United States Representative]] representing District 22 of [[Texas]]. In 2006, he beat [[Republican]] [[write-in candidate]] Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, after former Republican [[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 served as a [[U.S. Representative]] for Texas ninth district from 1997 to 2005.<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 unseated in the 2008 general election by the Republican [[Pete Olson]], who still holds the seat. | Lampson was unseated in the 2008 general election by the Republican [[Pete Olson]], who still holds the seat. | ||
| − | ==External | + | ==External links== |
*[http://www.lampson.com/ Official Website] | *[http://www.lampson.com/ Official Website] | ||
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/TX/Nicholas_Lampson.htm Lampson On the Issues] | *[http://www.ontheissues.org/TX/Nicholas_Lampson.htm Lampson On the Issues] | ||
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[[Category:United States Representatives]] | [[Category:United States Representatives]] | ||
Revision as of 01:17, June 28, 2016
Nick Lampson, born February 14, 1945 (age 81), is a Democratic United States Representative representing District 22 of Texas. In 2006, he beat Republican write-in candidate Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, after former Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay removed himself from the race.[1] Lampson served as a U.S. Representative for Texas ninth district from 1997 to 2005.[2] Lampson has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 86 percent of the time during the 2007-2009 Congress.[3]
Lampson was unseated in the 2008 general election by the Republican Pete Olson, who still holds the seat.