DeLay withdraws, write-in substitute likely
on Aug 8, 2006 at 6:57 pm
One day after Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia refused to take action that would allow Texas Republicans to remove former Rep. Tom DeLay from the November congressional ballot, the ex-congressman on Tuesday announced plans to formally withdraw. Under Texas law, the party cannot now put a replacement for him on the ballot. However, his action clears the way for the GOP to put all of its efforts behind a write-in candidate — widely expected to be David Wallace, mayor of Sugar Land, where DeLay has lived. Various news organizations were publishing DeLay’s statement, which can be found here.
