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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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.
SJL: “ Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the 4th Amendment to the Constitution”
How do you replace that?
another communiteee Organizer candidate
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.
It’s a wonder she doesn’t change her name so as not to confuse Houstonians with Stonewall Jackson or Robert E. Lee.
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........
A true liberal moron.
From the archives:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1316384/posts
This one comes to mind..
Why they still be allowin white peoples in the white house?
---- Suspected private moments with SJL...........
Can you provide details of the challanger: Is he/she a true conservative vice RINO. If so, how do we contribute to their campaign?
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Mars)
SJL: "Has the Mars Pathfinder taken an image of the flag planted there by Neil Armstrong?"
Rangel is smart, but not stupid. SNL is just plain stupid............
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.
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.
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