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It's alive: how the redistricting battle was brought back from the dead.

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-APR-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: It's alive: how the redistricting battle was brought back from the dead.(FAQ)

Article Excerpt
Didn't the redistricting controversy end three years ago?

Yes. And wasn't Leatherface killed in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III? Redistricting battles, like great Hollywood slasher villains, have a habit of coming back to life. A recap of the recent theatrics: In 2001 the Legislature was unable to reach consensus when it tried to redraw Texas's congressional districts based on the new national census. The task was then handed over to a panel of three federal judges, who created a map later that year. When the Republicans gained control of the Legislature in 2002, they argued that the map didn't reflect their true voting power (the congressional delegation was still split 17-15 in favor of the D's), so they designed and approved a new map in 2003. The result: R's 21, D's 11--and a series of relentless Democratic challenges...

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