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Thu Aug-03-06 01:19 PM
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Court refuses to replace DeLay on ballot, lawyer says

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Edited on Thu Aug-03-06 01:24 PM by Purveyor

(08-03) 11:21 PDT New Orleans (AP) --

A federal appeals court on Thursday refused to let Texas Republicans replace Tom DeLay's name on the November congressional ballot.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling by U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks, who said in July that DeLay's name had to stay on the ballot even though he quit Congress and moved to Virginia.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/08/03/politics/p112141D22.DTL

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