I doubt it, too. I like having Tom DeLay as my Representative and that certainly isn't going to change under this plan. But my vote is essentially wasted here because the district doesn't contain any Democrats to speak of. DeLay doesn't have to spend a dime campaigning because he's going to win by a 40% margin every time.
It's even worse in John Culberson's district representing the western affluent neighborhoods of Houston. The last political battle of his life was winning the Republican primary to replace Bill Archer. Now that he's done that, he has a lifetime job if he wants it because the district is carefully gerrymandered to scoop in the GOP precincts.
The reality is that Harris County (which is essentially greater Houston) is a GOP county. Democrat judges often don't even bother running for election, because they don't stand a chance of being elected. Yet, three of the four current congressmen representing parts of Houston are Democrats in safe Democrat seats.
That's what I'm complaining about.