Comments on: SCOTUS: GOP, DeLay win big in Texas redistricting case

By: f948b908db6c

f948b908db6c — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:16:01 +0000

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By: ptolemy

ptolemy — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:57:56 +0000

My U.S. representative Henry Bonilla represents the district that must be redrawn. He had a rough race against Democrat Cuellar in 2002 because Cuellar swept Laredo. However, 2004 was a cakewalk for him because part of Laredo was put into the adjoining district in DeLay’s redistricting. He may get all of Laredo back again, due to rhe SC decision.

The district, even as drawn now, contains over 50% Hispanic voters and leans Democratic. Bonilla originally won it in a fluke in 1992 and has since held it for the Republicans because of his ethnic appeal to Hispanics. I think Bonilla can hold it under any circumstances (the 2002 candiate was exceptionally strong), but it will return to having a Democrat congressperson(I am politically correct!) after he retires.

By: JammieWearingFool

JammieWearingFool — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:53:55 +0000

Speaker Pelosi was unavailable for comment.

By: Iowa Voice

Iowa Voice — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:51:50 +0000

Supreme Court Throws Out Part Of Texas Political Map…

Minor victory for the Dems, but a substantial victory for Republicans, in that the Court didn’t throw out the entire map:

The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out part of a Texas congressional map engineered by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLa…

By: Point Five

Point Five — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:50:21 +0000

Supremes “Not Meddling” By Reversing Meddling In Single Texas District…

…At odds in the case was the cleaving of the single Laredo congressional district, a move which critics charge stealthily crossed a bordering line over 100,000 Hispanics, which they noted was unprecedented the first time those words have ever…

By: NTWR

NTWR — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:34:19 +0000

Well, hopefully it will induce redistricting in California, where a thin, about 4-mile wide “sliver of shame” is gerrymandered along the coast to concentrate liberal voting power.

By: Independent Conservative

Independent Conservative — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:15:21 +0000

US Supreme Court Says All Minorities Should Vote the Same. Upholds Most of, but Redraws One Texas Voting District….

In a split decision, that mostly favored the state endorsed 2004 districting plan in Texas. The US Supreme Court said that one district needed to be redrawn or rather recreated to be what it once was. In the name of protecting Hispanic/Latino voting…