Moreover, as we live in an era of the ascendancy of democracy and human rights, we must see that Taiwan has been a vibrant democracy with a democratically elected president and legislature.

Bob Smither the father of the murdered girl was Lampson's Libertarian opponent in the 2006 election. Also as mentioned above he had family connections in the district. S.

Lampson was defeated in 2008 in his re-election bid by the Republican Pete Olson. S. After an extremely controversial mid-decade redistricting he lost his congressional seat in 2004.