The Houston Chronicle today offers a an article on the Shelley Sekula-Gibbs campaign.

As she begins her uphill campaign for Congress, City Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs is taking heart in hills she already has climbed to earn the long-shot Republican assignment.

Her emergence as the GOP's only hope to retain the seat vacated by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay resulted from hard work and perseverance, with help from luck and circumstances.

"There is some truth to that, because there were so many iterations during this process," Sekula-Gibbs said. "It was amazing and imperfect, but nevertheless decisive. No one could have predicted the outcome. But I was determined to stay the course and be the Republican choice if they wanted me."

And it has been an uphill battle from day one. I was an early supporter, though I will concede that I gave a hard look at all the possible options following the decision that the GOP could not replace Tom Delay on the ballot. Still, I have never wavered from my perspective that Shelley that Shelley was and is the best available Republican candidate for this Republican district -- a conservative with a solid record and no hint of ethical impropriety who was willing to work with the party to mount an effective campaign.

That was a contrast with her major opponent in the waning days of the selection process.

And frankly, I don't get the large amount of space devoted to Shelley's failed opponent. He never had significant support outside of Sugar land, and had spent the entire process antagonizing the state party, and the harris COunty GOP in particular. At no point did that candidate express any willingness to meet with the representatives of the largest county in his district as a group. We were expected to come to him, individually, on his turf and his terms. This stands in sharp contrast to Shelley's strategy of reaching out to precinct chairs in all four counties, holding events in each and making herself available to virtually any group in the counties that wished to hear from her.

I encourage folks to read this article to find out why Shelley Sekula-Gibbs is our candidate, even as a write-in -- and why she should be the choice of voters in CD22

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