The seat did not go to Grayson. It went to Lois Frankel or Patrick Murphy depending upon how you slice the redistricting. I agree that the Florida legislature screwed Allen.
That was my point. The Republican legislature did the redistricting. They could have saved Col. West’s district; but instead pushed him into another, more Democrat district PLUS his old seat went to a Democrat.
My bad on the Grayson comparison; even though Grayson’s district was redrawn to make it more Democrat. So, net effect is Florida got 2 new seats in 2010 - both wound up with Democrats. AND Tea Party favorite Col. West was booted to the curb.