Houston Chronicle Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Tom DeLay poll=== In January 2006 the ''Chronicle'' hired Richard Murray of the [[University of Houston]] to conduct an election survey in the district of U.S. Rep. [[Tom DeLay]], in light of his 2005 indictment by District Attorney [[Ronnie Earle]] for alleged campaign money violations. The ''Chronicle'' said that its poll showed "severely eroded support for U.S. Rep Tom DeLay in his district, most notably among Republicans who have voted for him before."<ref>Mack, Kristen. "[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3587652.html Troubles erode support for DeLay in 22nd District]." ''Houston Chronicle''. January 14, 2006. Retrieved October 20, 2011.</ref> Former Texas Secretary of State [[Jack Rains]] contacted the ''Chronicle's'' James Howard Gibbons, alleging that the poll appeared to incorrectly count non-Republican Primary voters in its sample. Rains also asserted that Murray had a conflict of interest in the poll, as Murray's son Keir was a political consultant working for [[Nick Lampson]], DeLay's Democratic challenger in 2006.<ref>[http://lonestartimes.com/2006/01/19/hendee-emails-murray-re-chron-delay-poll/ Lonestartimes.com]</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page