"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast" -Oscar Wilde |
"The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself." -- Proverbs 11:25 |
With nearly 88 percent of precincts reporting, Mr. Delay had 19,684, or 61 percent of the vote, far ahead of his closest opponent, Tom Campbell, at 9,595, or 30 percent.
"I have always placed my faith in the voters, and today's vote shows they have placed their full faith in me," Mr. DeLay said in proclaiming victory.
Mr. DeLay easily outpolled his three rivals together: Mr. Campbell, a lawyer making his first bid for public office; Pat Baig, a teacher also in her first run for office; and Mike Fjetland, a lawyer making his fourth try for the seat. Mr. Fjetland ran third with 1,514, votes, and and Baig had 1,075.