Pete Olson is a decorated Naval aviator, and a graduate of Rice University and University of Texas School of Law in Austin. TX-22 leans strongly Republican with a Partisan Voting Index (PVI) of R+22. Nick Lampson (D) won the 2006 general election with only 52% of the vote against a write-in candidate.
Congressional candidate Lou Barletta accepted the endorsement of one of the nation's leading pro-life groups. The National Right to Life Committee endorsed Republican Barletta in his race against incumbent Democrat Congressman Paul Kanjorski.
Several months after praising McNerney for introducing a research-and-development tax credit, the software company's executives are downloading thousands of dollars into McNerney's re-election campaign. The last-minute contributions are helping the first-term Democrat financially outpace Republican Dean Andal... Between Monday and Thursday, Federal Election Commission records show, McNerney collected a total of $22,150 from Oracle's political action committee and 11 of the company's employees. This was a big share of the $56,800 McNerney raised overall during the four-day period.
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