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To: No Truce With Kings
I didn't realize this. Are you sure? If so, that's a golden opportunity for the GOP--and the rest of the nation.
55 posted on 11/07/2002 4:42:47 PM PST by Illbay
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To: Illbay
I didn't realize this. Are you sure?

Pretty sure. Remember, Texas's Congressional District boundaries for the 1990 census were not finalized until 1996. The 5th Congressional District was a special election that year. You had to vote that race separately. If you voted straight ticket, it did not count, because the race was a separate ballot (even though both "ballots" were on the same sheet of paper). I think that helped Pete Sessions get elected because Dims are too dumb to read instructions, and many of them that voted straight ticket Palm Beached themselves.

Any rate, a redistricting plan was not voted on by the Leg, at least in part due to the late date at which the 2000 census figures were finalized. So I think it can be done.

67 posted on 11/07/2002 5:33:30 PM PST by No Truce With Kings
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