Texas Election is Tomorrow

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).

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.

Good luck to all of those out on the campaign trail in Texas.

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Wow, what a great night tonight.
We got rid of Bonilla, and it was not even close!

In recent days, Bonilla launched the usual right wing vicious attack, outspent the Dems 10 to 1, but the DNC stepped in with critical help. Also, looks like the voters were not fooled for once by the right wing half truths, sound bites, and out right lies.

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rodregan on December 12, 2006 at 11:04 PM

I was reading a posting about Yoko Ono, NY newspaper + Scotsman UK. I did get harassed by some scottish police who they imported here, in some country town about 5 months ago. They were doing it to protect a female who's mother Prince Charles had visited ordered by the state in 1977 at her work place a school opposite Highlands Street. Bob Dylan did a song, new one, My Heart is in the Highlands. Anyway I figured out the daughet was in involbved in state spopnsored terrorism. As for Yoko, they used mail to her, etc to also extort from me. I'm gonna call her NY number tommorrow though.
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ozzie on December 14, 2006 at 08:57 PM

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