Texas is not and never has been a Leftie State.
Some of my ancestors were born in Texas during the Republic but most of them came during Reconstruction. (the last time the political corruption was as bad in Washington DC)
Nothing in my lifetime has done more to galvanize the resolution of the troops in TX like the presence of Obozo at 1600 Penn. Ave.
This will be a fight to the death if that is necessary. Texas will not be subjected. The idiots that talk about “demographics” fail to take into account that not all Hispanics are lefties. Texas will never be a “blue state” again, it is so against the grain. There will be a war first....
I absolutely understand that. I was heavily involved in helping to elect Blake Farenthold to oust 14-term incumbent Solomon Ortiz from the 27th congressional district. We beat Ortiz from in his home county (for the first time ever) with the help of lots of Hispanic voters who were fed up with the Ortiz machine. We even beat Ortiz' son in his bid to win a 4th term in the legistature in district 33, the least Republican friendly district in Nueces county.
Due to population growth in the triangle between Houston, DFW, Austin, and San Antonio, areas in the rest of the state are losing representation. The number of house seats in the legislature is fixed at 150, so counties that did not keep up in population growth necessarily will lose representation. Unfortunately Nueces county has barely grown in population, so it won't be able to have 3 representatives. It qualified for 2.4 house districts after the 2000 census, and just 2.03 districts this year. We were able to get our third seat in 2002 by sharing district 32 with some coastal counties to the north.
Due to the fact that former legislator (late 1980's early 1990's) Todd Hunter won back district 32 for the Republicans in 2008, and he lives in Nueces county, there was no way his district was going to be eliminated since he is the most senior house member from the coastal bend region. District 33 was eliminated from Nueces county, so Connie Scott (R-TXH34) and Raul Torres (R-TXH33) will be paired in the same district next year. We knew going into the 2010 elections before the census was even taken that we would most likely be losing a seat after the 2010 census. Unfortunatlely it probably means Raul Torres won't be returning to the legislature in 2013.