Every time people say that Tx is a republican state all they need to see is that 12 out of 32 are democRATS and that one flipped D to R about 6 years ago. When we get four new congressmen in the next round - at least 2 will be in Houston and maybe one in Austin, so that may not help us too much in the future.
Every time people say that Tx is a republican state all they need to see is that 12 out of 32 are democRATS and that one flipped D to R about 6 years ago.
The major congressional district changes occurred with the redistricting when the dems ran to OK and NM during the special sessions. Tom Delay is supposedly to have had a major hand in that district reorganizing.
Also the Texas State House is 4 positive for the GOP 77-73 if I have the numbers correct. A flip of two and we have a tie in the state house. The House is a concern come redistricting after the census. The state senate is 19-11 GOP or something close to that. So it is okay for the time being.
Regarding new congressional districts either 3 or 4 depending upon the nationwide/state census counts you can be assured that some will be set asides. Remember Texas is still one of nine states that has to have congressional districts approved by the powers that be in DC because of the Voting Rigths Act which was changed in I believe 1975 to provide for the fed approval process.