Texas Election is Tomorrow
Posted by on December 11, 2006 at 11:23 AM
The WaPost reports the runoff election for the largest congressional district in the United States will take place tomorrow in Texas. Former Congressman Ciro Rodriguez, the Democrat, is locked in an extremely tight race that has become too close to call.
The Supreme Court ordered the boundaries of the 23rd District redrawn after determining that the old map -- created under a 2003 redistricting by the Texas Legislature but orchestrated by then-House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) -- discriminated against Latino voters and did not comply with the Voting Rights Act. The new district is now more Hispanic (61 percent as opposed to about 50) and less Republican (54 percent instead of 62).Good luck to all of those out on the campaign trail in Texas.Because the new map was not finalized until August, five months after the state's primary election, a special election was held Nov. 7. State election law required a runoff if no candidate broke 50 percent. Bonilla won 48.6 percent of the vote; Rodriguez led a field of six Democrats with 19.9 percent.
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