Texas primary set for May 29
A three-judge federal panel in San Antonio on Thursday set the Texas primary for May 29, making Texas one of the last states to weigh in on the Republican presidential nominating contest.
Texas' electoral calendar was in limbo because of legal disputes over whether the state's new district boundaries properly represented minorities.
The Texas primary was originally set for Super Tuesday on March 6, when 10 other states will vote in the GOP race, and then it was pushed back to April 3. The late May primary date could leave Texas with less influence in the Republican race, in spite of the 155 delegates at stake. It may be the biggest let-down for Newt Gingrich, who expects to do well in the state.
"I'm very proud that [Texas Gov.] Rick Perry is campaigning for me, and he believes that we'll get 155 delegates in Texas at the end of May," Gingrich said from Nashville, Tennessee this week.
Gingrich is currently trailing Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, but he insists he'll stay in the race for the long haul. "I have the longest record of any candidate in this race to somehow re-emerge over and over again," he said in Nashville.
