Shelley Sekula-Gibbs

Quick Facts

Full Name	Shelley Sekula-Gibbs
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jun 22, 1953(1953-06-22)
Age	71
Birthplace	Floresville
Country	United States
Birth City	Texas
Horoscope	Gemini

Shelley Sekula-Gibbs Biography

Shelley Sekula-Gibbs is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on June 22, 1953 in Floresville, Texas, United States. Shelley Sekula Gibbs (born June 22nd 1953) is a American politician and physician who was an elected Member of the United States House of Representatives serving in Texas’ 22nd congressional district beginning on the 13th of November, 2006 until January 3, 2007. A Republican She also been an elected city council member in Houston, Texas for three years, from 2002 until 2006. She was elected in a race for the special elections to take the 22nd Congressional seat on the 7th of November on the 7th of November, 2006 for the remaining week in the 109th United States Congress. On the same day she also lost the general election to fill this place during the 110th United States Congress. In the 2008 election to win the Republican nomination for the 22nd Congressional District she was first in the primary, but fell in a second round against Pete Olson. In 2019 she received a seat on the Woodlands Township Board of Directors in Position 5.

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who had been a resident of Sekula-Gibbs’s district after it was redistricted to the DeLay district (see the 2003 Texas redistricting) and was indicted for conspiracy-related charges He decided to leave Congress in order to avoid an uphill re-election battle the next election in November. Following the announcement of DeLay, Sekula-Gibbs expressed an interest in the job however she was waiting until DeLay to complete the formal withdrawing procedure prior to filing her resignation papers.

Sekula-Gibbs won the special election on November 7, 2006.

Texas Governor Rick Perry announced on August 29, 2006, that a special election would take place for the unexpired term of Tom DeLay, coinciding with the general election on November 7, 2006. That meant that voters chose twice for the same race but with a different set of candidates (only Libertarian Bob Smither was on both ballots). It set up a scenario in which the constituents of District 22 sent one person to Washington for the last two months of the 109th Congress and a different person to Congress for the two years following. It also means that Sekula-Gibbs was on the ballot for the special election (but not the general election, in which she remained a write-in). Sekula-Gibbs filed for the special election and appeared on the ballot, as did Bob Smither; however, Lampson chose not to file. Sekula-Gibbs was asked if the special election would confuse voters. She replied, “People already know it’s an unusual race.” She also stated that having her name on one ballot would serve as “a memory jog.”

On June 2, 2002, she was married Robert W. Gibbs, Jr. who was the former Director of Corporate Community Relations for Reliant Energy, and they reside within The Woodlands, Texas. Sekula-Gibbs is mother to two grown children. She is a Roman Catholic.

Shelley Sekula-Gibbs Net Worth

Shelley Sekula-Gibbs is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shelley Sekula-Gibbs 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sekula-Gibbs’s marriage has been arranged three times. The first time, she was married to Alan Greenberg, the second time to KHOU TV newscaster Sylvan Rodriguez. Rodriguez passed away from pancreatic cancer in the year 2000. Prior to his death, Rodriguez was the inspiration behind Sekula-Gibbs’s decision to run for the public office.

Sekula-Gibbs was elected to her position of At Large, Position Three on the Houston City Council in 2001 as Shelley Sekula Rodriguez, following her marriage to late newscaster on TV Sylvan Rodriguez. In 2005, she was re- elected under her current name. Sekula-Gibbs is the only physician to ever be elected to serve on the Houston City Council.

The district is heavily Republican in both the eastern portion of the district (where Sekula-Gibbs’ base is located) and in the western portion (where Wallace comes from). The main counties in the district, Fort Bend, Galveston and Brazoria voted 61% for Bush and 38.5% for Kerry and the remainder to a third-party candidate. The district as a whole, including the sections of Harris that it covers, voted for Bush in 2004 with 64% of the vote. However, write-in candidates have historically failed to win in Texas, which made victory a challenge for Sekula-Gibbs. The Dallas Morning News noted that on the electronic machines used in District 22, voters would have to spell out any write-in candidate’s name by using a wheel to move a cursor through the alphabet. The race was one of the most competitive races in the country according to the National Journal. Two nonpartisan political reports, the Cook Political Report and Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball, rated the race as Leans Democratic and CQPolitics.com rated the race Leans Democratic. Smither, the Libertarian candidate, has stated that “a vote for liberal Democrat Nick Lampson will be a vote for Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House.” Libertarian Ron Paul, 1988 Libertarian Party candidate for president, was a previous holder of the District 22 seat.

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Who is Shelley Sekula-Gibbs Dating?

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On November 13, Sekula-Gibbs was sworn in for the vacant seat. She said she would use her brief time in Congress, “For tax cuts. For immigration reform. To make sure we have a good solution for the war in Iraq.” Her term expired on January 3, 2007, when Nick Lampson was sworn in to represent the district.

Facts & Trivia

Shelley Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Shelley Sekula-Gibbs celebrates birthday on June 22 of every year.

Sekula-Gibbs retired from practicing medicine in 2014, citing personal health issues.