THE EYES OF WE ARE UPON TEXAS

Texas Districts (Jim Miller, 22 May 2003 )

When Democrats in the Texas Legislature ran away to Oklahoma to prevent a vote on a Republican redistricting plan, they attracted considerable press attention. Most focused on the escape of the Democrats, the pursuit by the Republicans, and the odd boundaries of some of the proposed districts. No article I saw had anything to say about the substantive case. Are the Republicans getting a fair share of the Congressional seats, given the popular vote in Texas? As it happens, they are not.

Mr. Miller explains... Posted by Orrin Judd at July 2, 2003 3:17 PM