Democrat Wendy Davis resigned her Fort Worth City Council seat last August, and announced her intention to run against Republican State Senator Kim Brimer in the 2008 election. Brimer has done very little with his senate seat, and most of his own constituents don't even know who he is. Many believe that the popular ex-councilwoman has an excellent chance to beat him in November.
Evidently, Brimer thinks she can beat him also, because he had his campaign representative, Bryan Eppstein, try to pull a fast one and get Davis disqualified. Eppstein also represented the Fort Worth Fire Department in a fight against the city, so he got three "Democratic" firemen to write a letter to the Tarrant County Democratic Party claiming Davis was not eligible to run for the senate seat.
Even though Davis had resigned in August, the law said she had to continue to serve in that position until her replacement was sworn in. This is so her district would not go without representation. The three "Democrats" used this to try and disqualify her.
The Attorney General and the Tarrant County Democratic Party disagreed, so the three "Democrats" took the matter to court. On Wednesday, the Second Court of Appeals ruled that the three "Democrats" had no standing in the matter and dismissed their case.
Brimer must really be scared of Davis in the upcoming election to have pushed the matter this far (and don't even try to say he wasn't involved -- the connections are just too clear). It wouldn't surprise me if this little cabal didn't try to appeal this decision all the way up to the Texas Supreme Court. After all, it's packed with ethically-challenged Republicans, and it's a lot easier to get your opponent disqualified than to beat her in a fair election.
Brimer can't run on his record. His record is pretty dismal and he has some ethical problems himself -- something about using campaign funds to pay rent to his wife. That is why he's trying to win the election in court rather than at the ballot box.
He's afraid the voters in Fort Worth might actually vote for the better candidate -- Wendy Davis.
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