TX looks to be gaining one seat near Dallas (Collin County gaining 36% of a district, Tarrant 31%, Denton 27%, Dallas 6%); also one district near Houston (Harris County gaining 53% of a district, Ft. Bend 24%, Montgomery 18%, and Brazoria 6%); the third district would appear to anchored to Austin (Travis gaining 20%, Williamson gaining 20%...it could stretch to San Antonio, with Bexar gaining 19%).
Hidalgo gaining 17% will change the map some as well....it might be possible to rearrange the 15th and 28th to get one winnable seat, or at least shore up the 27th.
It might be possible to draw Gene Green out of a seat...for some reason the vote totals in his district were barely 65K (43-22)..those in the neighboring 14th and 22nd were 2.5 - 3x that amount.
But no, TPG, you’re not going to get 35-0.
Michigan - Dingell lost Monroe County - this could be transferred to the 7th. Levin won the Macomb portion of the 12th, but by a smaller margin than Dingell carried the Washtenaw portion of the 15th. So the 10th gets a bigger chunk of Macomb, and then a Detroit area seat is eliminated.
The 9th was close so it could be better to shift some territory from the 9th to the 8th or the 10th.
So if Texas gets 3 more seats, can they all be gerrymandered or are those growth areas essentially full of illegals and possible Left seats.
So if Texas gets 3 more seats, can they all be gerrymandered or are those growth areas essentially full of illegals and possible Left seats.
So if Texas gets 3 more seats, can they all be gerrymandered or are those growth areas essentially full of illegals and possible Left seats.