January 31, 2006
Shadegg for Majority Leader
Fellow 6th District blogger Matt Duffy called our Representative, Tom Price, to urge him to support John Shadegg in the House Majority Leader election:
As promised, I called Georgia Rep. Tom Price’s Washington office (202-225-4501) and spoke to a staffer named Brendon. I told him I supported John Shadegg to replace Delay as Majority Leader. He said the Congressman hadn’t yet made up his mind regarding the election.
I asked if he’d gotten a lot of calls — not really. He said he received five calls last week — two for Shadegg, two for Blunt and one for Boehner. Brendon said he thought the vote would be held on Thursday.
I got the same response, that Price hadn’t yet made a choice. I left my contact info/etc with the staffer who I spoke with (unfortunately, I didn’t remember the name), and expressed my support for Shadegg.
I’m not sure whether the Republicans will publish the results of the vote. Apparently (from what I’ve read, anyway) it’s done by secret ballot. So I’m not certain whether I’ll ever know who Price votes for. From past experience, however, he’s a freshman in the House, and appears to be moderately libertarian, so I can hope he’ll vote for the Shadegg, who appears to be the most reform-oriented candidate in the field.
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