[JNB]

Looking at the 2004 national journal congressional almanac, the district under the lines used for the 2002 election gave Bush 54% of the vote. This would be a difficult district for the Democrats to grab.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Thanks for that. The question is what the lines for the '04 elections (assuming AG Salazar isn't able to halt their implementation) are. Is it more or less GOP ? Reagan won 63% in '84 and Bush, Sr. won 52% in '88 and it still managed to elect Campbell in '86 (who beat a Republican freshman elected in '84), so it's not entirely out of the question a 'Rat could win it. It's definitely going to set off a scramble. I wonder what McInnis's real reason for retiring was ?