Respectable Libertarian Enters 22nd Race

From the Galveston County Daily News:

The race for the District 22 congressional seat became a bit more crowded over
the weekend. The Libertarian Party nominated Bob
Smither, founder of the Friendswood-based Laura Recovery Center,
to be its candidate for the seat now held by Republican Tom DeLay.Smither edged out Stan Norred an operator for BP for the nomination Saturday by seven
votes. To be eligible to nominate at the convention registered voters must not
have voted in either the Democrat and Republican primaries.The engineering
consultant is known for the tragic case that involved the kidnapping and murder
of his daughter Laura Smither. The 12-year-old Friendswood girl was out for a
jog in April 1997 when she was abducted.Her body was found a 17 days later in a
pond not far from her home

It looks as though DeLay received a fairly big endorsement as well...

NASA director Michael Griffin asked those in the space community to send DeLay back to Washington.