So if Texas gets 3 more seats, can they all be gerrymandered or are those growth areas essentially full of illegals and possible Left seats.
The Dallas-area seat looks Republican - only Dallas County voted for White over Perry, and that is the county with the lowest growth.
The Houston-area seat: Harris County did vote for White by a small margin (he was mayor of Houston, no?), the other counties voted Republican. However after you take out the 9th, 18th and the 29th (assuming high correlation between Gov-vote and U.S. Rep.-vote, a safe assumption), then Perry must have won the remainder of Harris County. The three Democrat districts do not appear to be where the growth was....indeed unless a lot of Democrat voters in the 29th stayed home, Gene Green could be in trouble next time out.
The 2nd and 7th were uncontested races - hard to check vote totals there.
Austin/San Antonio: White did carry Bexar and Travis, with Perry carrying Williamson and the two connector counties.
However when you subtract out the 20th district then Perry won the remainder. Again that appears to be where the growth is. In the 25th, Doggett lost every county except Travis.
So yes, I like the GOP’s chances for all 3 seats.