Rep. Tom DeLay won a four-way battle Tuesday in the Texas primary election, his first since he was indicted and forced to step aside as House majority leader.
DeLay was declared the winner with 10,005 votes, or 64 percent, with 14 percent of precincts reporting. His closest challenger, environmental attorney Tom Campbell, had 4,049 votes, or 26 percent.
"I have always placed my faith in the voters, and today's vote shows they have placed their full faith in me," DeLay said in a statement." ... Not only did they reject the politics of personal destruction, but they strongly rejected the candidates who used those Democrat tactics as their platform." [Texas is a dangerous state--we like our politicans crooked, the retards dead, our Bush's family fortunes full, and our disasters from afar. But mostly, we like all the 'tainted' money ole' Tom Delay brings in...]