{"id":116607,"date":"2011-08-15T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=116607"},"modified":"2011-08-16T15:50:30","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T20:50:30","slug":"possible-compettition-for-rep-gohmert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=116607","title":{"rendered":"Possible Competition for Rep. Gohmert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=116734\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116734\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2011\/08\/richard_anderson-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"richard_anderson\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-116734\" \/><\/a>LONGVIEW &#8212; Former Harrison County Judge Richard Anderson is in discussions with supporters about trying to return Northeast Texas to Democratic representation in Congress. It would be a long shot for a Democrat to unseat incumbent Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, in a congressional district that leans heavily Republican. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly, no decision has been made,\u201d Anderson said of a Democratic run at Gohmert\u2019s congressional seat. \u201cSeveral individuals have inquired as to whether I would consider seeking the congressional seat now held by him. I have no present plans to make such a race.\u201d He wouldn\u2019t rule it out, either, and the state Democratic Party appears to be holding a place for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW &#8212; Former Harrison County Judge Richard Anderson is in discussions with supporters about trying to return Northeast Texas to Democratic representation in Congress. It would be a long shot for a Democrat to unseat incumbent Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, in a congressional district that leans heavily Republican. \u201cCertainly, no decision has been made,\u201d Anderson &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=116607\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Possible Competition for Rep. Gohmert<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-28 01:01:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116607"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117005,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116607\/revisions\/117005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}