From Donklephant.com
By Sean Aqui

I wrote earlier — and disapprovingly — about a suit filed by Texas Democrats to keep Tom DeLay’s name on the ballot.

Well, get this: they won.

The Texas Republican Party must keep Tom DeLay’s name on the November election ballot, even though the former congressman has dropped his re-election bid, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

DeLay, the former House majority leader who resigned from office June 9, won the Republican primary for his district in March but decided against re-election a month later.

If that decision stands — and a Republican appeal is almost a certainty — it would all-but-guarantee that Democrat Nick Lampson will take over DeLay’s seat come November.

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