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Johnson looking to unseat Jackson Lee in Congress
Houston Chronicle ^ | Jan. 4, 2010 | JOE HOLLEY

Posted on 01/05/2010 5:28:27 AM PST by pkajj

Johnson looking to unseat Jackson Lee in Congress

By JOE HOLLEY Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle Jan. 4, 2010

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who has represented Houston's 18th Congressional District since 1994, found out Monday that she will not be going back to Washington without a fight. Houston City Councilman Jarvis Johnson took the oath of office for his third term Monday morning and then went to Harris County Democratic Party headquarters, where he filed to challenge the eight-term congresswoman in the March 2 Democratic primary.

A challenge to Jackson Lee was not unexpected. Her steadfast support of then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton during the 2008 presidential campaign irked supporters of Barack Obama in her district and almost guaranteed that she would attract an opponent.

Johnson, 38, is a Houston native who began his community involvement as the director of a youth center in District B, which he has represented on the Council since 2005. He easily won re-election last November. “We're going to have a frank discussion on who's capable of bringing and creating good-paying jobs for the people of the district,” Johnson said in a statement Monday. “It's a democracy,” he told bloggers in an interview at Harris County Democratic headquarters Monday. “It makes incumbents stronger to have an opponent.”

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1 posted on 01/05/2010 5:28:29 AM PST by pkajj
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To: pkajj

Jackson-Lee is a clueless, socialist, moron.

I know nothing about her opponent, but someone with 1/2 a brain would be 50% improvement over the incumbent.


2 posted on 01/05/2010 5:31:54 AM PST by Made In The USA (The only thing better than bacon, is bacon wrapped in bacon.)
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To: pkajj

SJL: “ Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the 4th Amendment to the Constitution”

How do you replace that?


3 posted on 01/05/2010 5:34:00 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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To: pkajj
What will the democrat party do if their smartest congress
thing Sheila Jackson-Lee is not re-elected?:)
4 posted on 01/05/2010 5:35:58 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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To: pkajj

another communiteee Organizer candidate


5 posted on 01/05/2010 5:37:44 AM PST by gitmogrunt (The stupidity of Liberal's never ceases to amaze me.)
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To: pkajj

I’d vote for the Tasmanian Devil if he were running against Jackson-Lee. That womans ignorance and arrogance is beyond anything I’ve ever seen.


6 posted on 01/05/2010 5:42:13 AM PST by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: Made In The USA

It’s a wonder she doesn’t change her name so as not to confuse Houstonians with Stonewall Jackson or Robert E. Lee.


7 posted on 01/05/2010 5:42:34 AM PST by Theodore R.
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To: Made In The USA

Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know. SJL is a joke and even her own party knows it. She has the intellect of a adolescent and the manners to boot. But, like the snake in your garden wall, as long as you leave it alone , it will leave you alone........


8 posted on 01/05/2010 5:44:18 AM PST by Red Badger (Obama - The first ever elected lame duck..............)
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To: pkajj

A true liberal moron.
From the archives:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1316384/posts


9 posted on 01/05/2010 5:45:15 AM PST by bestintxas
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To: Dawgreg
That womans ignorance and arrogance is beyond anything I’ve ever seen

This one comes to mind..


10 posted on 01/05/2010 5:46:03 AM PST by OBXWanderer
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To: pkajj

Why they still be allowin white peoples in the white house?
---- Suspected private moments with SJL...........

11 posted on 01/05/2010 5:46:24 AM PST by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: Red Badger
Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know. SJL is a joke and even her own party knows it. She has the intellect of a adolescent and the manners to boot. But, like the snake in your garden wall, as long as you leave it alone , it will leave you alone........

Maybe, but foo's like her need to be dumped occasionally so they don't think they're automatic shoo-ins. (See Rangel).
12 posted on 01/05/2010 5:48:17 AM PST by Overtaxed Patriot (Lock and load.)
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To: Made In The USA

Can you provide details of the challanger: Is he/she a true conservative vice RINO. If so, how do we contribute to their campaign?


13 posted on 01/05/2010 5:52:11 AM PST by KansasConservative1
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To: Made In The USA

Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Mars)


14 posted on 01/05/2010 5:54:12 AM PST by NeoCaveman (you betcha)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
"How do you replace that?"

SJL: "Has the Mars Pathfinder taken an image of the flag planted there by Neil Armstrong?"

15 posted on 01/05/2010 5:57:18 AM PST by Enosh (†)
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To: pkajj
She's still looking for that Apollo flag on Mars.
16 posted on 01/05/2010 5:58:11 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: Overtaxed Patriot

Rangel is smart, but not stupid. SNL is just plain stupid............


17 posted on 01/05/2010 5:58:18 AM PST by Red Badger (Obama - The first ever elected lame duck..............)
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To: KansasConservative1

Not sure if either the Conservative or Republican parties are placing a challenger in this. I’ve heard from other Freepers (I’m in upstate New York) that Jackson-Lee sits in a heavily democrap urban district. Apparently a district that lacks an electorate with critical thinking skills.


18 posted on 01/05/2010 6:00:23 AM PST by Made In The USA (The only thing better than bacon, is bacon wrapped in bacon.)
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To: KansasConservative1
Can you provide details of the challanger: Is he/she a true conservative vice RINO. If so, how do we contribute to their campaign?
Did you read the article? The challenger is another Democrat that will be challenging her in the primary.
19 posted on 01/05/2010 6:04:14 AM PST by Scutter
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To: Scutter; Made In The USA
If you look at the 18th district, you could almost suspect that it's a line specifically drawn to avoid any higher income residential areas.

Link

20 posted on 01/05/2010 6:18:25 AM PST by Enosh (†)
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