less { hop { filter_eq { all_rows ; incumbent ; homer thornberry } ; first elected } ; hop { filter_eq { all_rows ; incumbent ; john dowdy } ; first elected } } = true
select the rows whose incumbent record fuzzily matches to homer thornberry . take the first elected record of this row . select the rows whose incumbent record fuzzily matches to john dowdy . take the first elected record of this row . the first record is less than the second record .