State Sen. Kim Brimer is suing to knock his Democratic challenger, Wendy Davis, off the ballot.
A group of firefighters tried the same challenge earlier this year — saying Davis didn't resign from the Fort Worth City Council in time to qualify for a Senate race. They were tossed out when judges said they didn't have proper legal standing to sue.
Now Brimer is suing in state district court in Tarrant County, making essentially the same charges the firefighters made — that Davis isn't eligible to challenge him. A copy of his lawsuit is available in our Files section. In it, he names Davis and the chairs of the Tarrant and Texas Democratic Parties, respectively.
Davis' campaign dismissed the Independence Eve filing as a political ploy by an incumbent trying to get out of a tough race.
"This is the same baseless claim that has been tried numerous times in numerous forums," said Matt Latham, Davis' campaign manager, in an email. "The truth is that Kim Brimer does not want to have to face the voters at all. He is willing to try every politician's trick in the book, several times over, to avoid answering to the voters for his failed record of leadership. This desperate attempt to distract the voters from the real issues at stake is as transparent as it is wrong."
