TIME.com: Exclusive: Tom DeLay To Give Up Seat

Many articles here.

On Friday another former aide plead guilty to felonies and said he would testify of felonies committed during and after he worked in DeLay's office in other investigations. DeLay said a recent campaign poll showing a "50/50" chance of him losing his seat was part of his decision making process.

NYT:

"He just decided that the numbers and the whole political climate were against him and that it was time to step side," said one Congressional official with knowledge of Mr. DeLay's plans. The official did not want to be identified because Mr. DeLay's formal announcement was scheduled for Tuesday in Houston.

His decision was first reported Monday by MSNBC and by the Web site of Time magazine, which had posted an interview with Mr. DeLay, as did The Galveston County Daily News. "I'm very much at peace with it," Mr. DeLay told Time of his decision.

He told the Galveston paper he planned to step down from his seat by late May or June.

With Mr. Rudy's guilty plea last Friday, he became the second former DeLay aide to admit wrongdoing in the corruption investigation centered on Mr. Abramoff, who has also pleaded guilty to conspiring to corrupt public officials, including members of Congress.

Mr. Abramoff, Mr. Rudy and the other aide, Michael Scanlon, who had been Mr. DeLay's press secretary in the House, are all cooperating with the Justice Department, which is investigating whether Mr. DeLay and other members of Congress accepted travel, gifts or money from Mr. Abramoff and his associates in return for legislative favors.

Fort Bend Now:

Chris Matthews of MSNBC reported the news at about 9:15 p.m. after a conversation he said he had with DeLay on Monday night. A few minutes later CNN and the Washington Post confirmed it. The Associated Press reported that DeLay made similar statements to the Galveston County Daily News and to Time magazine.

DeLay campaign staffers did not return calls or email requests for comment Monday night.

DeLay faced former congressman and Democratic Party nominee Nick Lampson, in what was expected to be the most expensive congressional political race in history.

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Down and Dirty: 1) He was loved by Republicans more than you know.
2) He was hated by Republicans more than you know.

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