Redistricting Plans Submitted By LULAC
LULAC today filed its two proposed maps to remedy the unconstitutionality of Congressional District 23—one of which would create up to seven Latino-majority districts in Texas.
The Austin American Statesman reports that the plans would, however, leave Travis County split between three Congressional Districts.
I was going to try and explain these all myself. Instead, after spending an hour compiling a VRA spreadsheet, let me just tell you what the Statesman says:
•Plan “A” fuses Laredo back together as part of Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar’s 28rd district (which currently runs from San Antonio to the border), and has Republican Rep. Henry Bonilla’s 23rd district shifted north to pull voters from South San Antonio.
• Plan “B” fuses Laredo back together as part of Bonilla’s district, and has Cuellar’s 28rd district shifted north to include more of Bexar County.
The two congressmen currently split Laredo; that would change under either proposal. In Plan A, the member’s homes would remain in separate districts in November (Bonilla lives in San Antonio and Cuellar in Laredo). In Plan B, it is likely Cuellar would challenge Bonilla for the Laredo territory.
In both proposals, a handful of other districts are only slightly affected. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, would see his 25th district tweaked, and similar small changes would be made to the 20th and 21st districts, currently represented by Democrat Rep. Charles Gonzalez and Republican Rep. Lamar Smith, respectively.
Doggett’s curent district winds from Austin to Mexico. It includes about one-third of Travis County. The rest of the county is represented by Smith and Republican Michael McCaul.
The plans are here, here, here, here and here.
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(On Jul 13th, 2006 at 12:04 am)
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