Typical. Sekula Gibbs did remarkably well in a write-in campaign last November when she was not allowed to be on the ballot because DeLay waited too long to drop out of the race. (Of course rules never stop democrats from illegally switching the names on the ballot after the deadline but surprisingly the dems sued to keep Sekula Gibbs off the ballot.)
DeLay resigned a long time before the general election (5 months). Those were rodent judges that disenfranchised Republicans from having a choice on the ballot.
There’s some kind of controversy from late 2006, involving a dispute between Sekula-Gibbs and DeLay’s remaining staff. I don’t know who is at fault in that dispute.