Chet Edwards Running
By Byron LaMasters
It may be almost hopeless, but Chet Edwards will give it a good fight:
U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, a veteran lawmaker who last year saw his congressional district split by the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature, will announce today he is running in a newly carved district that includes his home county of McLennan.
"I am going to run for re-election in the 17th District because for 21 years Waco has been good to me," Edwards told the Tribune-Herald for its Web site.
He said he will remain Fort Hood's congressman until January 2005. Then, if elected, he will become Fort Hood's neighboring congressman and a loyal supporter.
Edwards had been wrestling over whether to run for re-election in newly created District 31, which includes Fort Hood, or District 17, which includes his hometown of Waco.
It's been a bad week for Texas Democrats with the redistricting decision, but frankly, I'm proud to see Chet Edwards, Charlie Stenholm and Martin Frost willing at the very least give their supporters a good fight. You just never know what might happen...
Posted by Byron LaMasters at January 8, 2004 08:39 PM
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Chet Edwards may have the best chance of any white Democrat. The district anchor is still waco, though johnson and brazos will definitly be a problem. Rural areas he can win because some are familiar with him and others are just flat out democrat, including Gore voting robertson county. Still may be an uphill fight but i think he has the best chance especially againt arlen woghlsjt;lamuth.
