| Former University of Texas and Denver Broncos offensive lineman Dan Neil has filed paperwork with the Texas Ethics Commission to run for the Republican nomination in House District 48 in western Travis County. Democrat Donna Howard is the incumbent. Neil will likely face Glenn Bass, a Republican who has worked as a banker and a media producer, in the Republican primary. Neil currently hosts a radio show on Austin's local ESPN Radio affiliate and serves on the executive board of GOPAC-TX. Neil appeared alongside Republican legislators Dan Patrick and Phil King when the group announced its formation in June. A celebrity candidate, even a former UT football player, is not likely to find too much traction against Howard, who is a longtime resident of the district, a respected legislator and has won by comfortable margins since her upset special election victory against Ben Bentzin in 2006. |
