DeLay Scandal Will Affect Only DeLay, Texans Say - New York Times

DeLay Scandal Will Affect Only DeLay, Texans Say - New York Times: "When Representative Tom DeLay helped engineer the Republican takeover of the Texas Legislature in 2002, it was a broad victory for his party. It paved the way for a redistricting process that resulted in Texas sending five new Republican members to Congress two years later, consolidating the party's control in the House.
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Now, however, as Mr. DeLay faces a criminal conspiracy charge that he used a political action committee to funnel contributions illegally to Texas candidates in that pivotal election of 2002, he may stand as the lone Republican in his home state to suffer any political fallout, analysts said."