[Proud_texan]

What's the conflict over the 25th? I'm guessing that the black minority thinks the white guy represents them while the change would very likely result in a brown guy being elected. And in my experience there's no worse blood than that between those two groups. Gads, they seem to really, really hate each other. If they were white I guess it'd be racists.

Ah, the complications of a Balkinized election map.

[Marcella]

“What's the conflict over the 25th? I'm guessing that the black minority thinks the white guy represents them while the change would very likely result in a brown guy being elected.”

Not exactly, but close. It was a Mexican-American Texas Legislature Democrat representative (don't think he is senator, but could be), who filed the law suit. He thought the lines were discriminating against Mexican-Americans.

Our primaries were in March, but this law suit happened, so they moved it to April 3, thinking it would be done by then. Well, it isn't, so now it's May 29.

[Theodore R.]

And in my experience there's no worse blood than that between those two groups.

Isn't that hearsay? Look at the "brown" counties: strongly Obama!

[af_vet_rr]

Ah, the complications of a Balkinized election map.

Texas has already been a minority-majority state for several years, with whites making up around 45% of the state, and Hispanics less than 8 points away, probably passing them up by 2020. You just think it's balkinized now, just wait until Hispanics pass up whites and become the majority. You'll see some court battles over districts then.