Perry's Map: "An Abomination on its face"
By Byron LaMasters
That's what today's Amarillo Globe-News editorial says:
West Texas had been losing its political clout in little bites over many years. That is, until Gov. Rick Perry unveiled a congressional redistricting map that demonstrates a sudden, and none too welcome, shift in the region's political fortunes. West Texas seems to be losing power in one giant swallow.
Perry's map splits the Panhandle in two. The 13th Congressional District, now represented by Mac Thornberry, R-Clarendon, would cover the eastern half, with the 19th District, now represented by Randy Neugebauer, R-Lubbock, comprising the western portion.
The map is an abomination on its face.
Here is the map that Rick Perry proposed earlier this week:
Sources: Greg's Opinion and The Lasso.
Greg also has a good post comparing congressional returns in given precincts / counties for Charlie Stenholm and other Texas Democratic Congressmen in GOP districts as compared to Perry and Bush's performances in the same precinct / county. Take a look, here.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at September 25, 2003 04:09 PM
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