A Tom Delay associate has lost a bid to make an indictment go away in Texas.

A Texas state judge yesterday reaffirmed the indictment of a political associate of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), turning aside his claim that a state law barring the use of corporate funds in the 2002 Texas election was unconstitutionally vague.
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n September 2004, a grand jury indicted John Colyandro, who directed the Texas group, on charges of illegally collecting the money. Colyandro, a veteran of White House political adviser Karl Rove's direct-mail firm, had sought to have the indictment dismissed on grounds that the law was poorly drafted and infringed on protected rights.

District Judge Robert Perkins, ruling in Austin, denied the motion, clearing an obstacle to Colyandro's eventual trial after appeals are heard. In remarks from the bench, he indicated he plans to dismiss next month a similar motion by Jim Ellis, the Texas group's chief fundraiser, who was indicted for money-laundering in the case.
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DeLay, who has not been charged with wrongdoing in the case, served on the board of the Texas group, and called or met with some of its corporate donors. He also wrote a cover letter for its fundraising brochure. Ellis still runs DeLay's federal political action committee, Americans for a Republican Majority, which served as a model for the Texas group.emphasis added