I’m suprised to see IL RINO John Porter on that list.
Looks like only 5 are left in Congress. Coble, Hall, Barton, Duncan, Rogers.
Hall, a rat at the time was joined by only 1 other rat, fellow Texan William Sarpalius, whom I am not familiar with.
Holloway seems like a good guy. But old and he has a poor record at winning. Till he took that PSC seat in 2010 he hadn’t won an election since 1990! Several failed bids for Congress and a run for LT Governor where he failed to force Mitch Landrieu into a runoff (and a ‘91 run for Governor where he placed 4th).
I’d probably go with Riser, who will probably win anyhow. Holloway seems to have his base though, he’s a decent bet for the runoff in my estimation. 2 Black rats really hurts their chances of making it.
Sarpalius was from West Texas—Amarillo, I believe—and got tossed out in 1994 when not even the RAT gerrymander that squiggled around heavily Republican suburban areas could save him. At least that’s what I recall from Barone’s Almanac: DJ would know for sure.