Texas mid-decade redistricting 2003

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political event redistricting plan

Texas mid-decade redistricting 2003 was a controversial Republican-led overhaul of the state’s congressional map between census cycles that significantly increased GOP representation in the U.S. House.

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Texas mid-decade redistricting 2003 canonical 1
United States congressional redistricting in Texas 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political event ⓘ
redistricting plan ⓘ
affectedBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
affectedDistrictType congressional districts ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Texas ⓘ
basedOnCensus 2000 United States census ⓘ
surface form: 2000 United States Census
challengedUnder Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
characterizedAs partisan gerrymandering ⓘ
controversial true ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
effectOnMinorityRepresentation raised concerns about dilution of Latino voting strength ⓘ
goal increase Republican representation in the U.S. House ⓘ
governorDuringProcess Rick Perry ⓘ
governorParty Republican Party ⓘ
impactOnIncumbents defeated or endangered several Democratic incumbents ⓘ
involvedFigure Tom DeLay ⓘ
legalChallenges true ⓘ
legislativeBodyInvolved Texas Legislature ⓘ
longTermImpact became precedent for mid-decade partisan redistricting debates in other states ⓘ
strengthened Republican control of Texas congressional delegation ⓘ
lowerHouseInvolved Texas House of Representatives ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national coverage ⓘ
motivatedBy desire to convert Democratic-leaning districts to Republican-leaning districts ⓘ
notableDefeatedIncumbent Charles Stenholm ⓘ
Chet Edwards ⓘ
Martin Frost ⓘ
Max Sandlin ⓘ
Nick Lampson ⓘ
occursBetweenCensuses true ⓘ
opposingParty Democratic Party ⓘ
politicalPartyLeadingEffort Republican Party ⓘ
reasonForWalkout deny quorum to block redistricting vote ⓘ
result increased number of Republican-held U.S. House seats from Texas ⓘ
reduced number of Democratic-held U.S. House seats from Texas ⓘ
speakerOfTexasHouseDuringProcess Tom Craddick ⓘ
speakerParty Republican Party ⓘ
stateBeforeRedistricting Texas ⓘ
subjectOfCase League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry ⓘ
subjectOfFilibuster true ⓘ
subjectOfLegislativeWalkout true ⓘ
timePeriod 2003 ⓘ
TomDeLayParty Republican Party ⓘ
TomDeLayRole House Majority Leader ⓘ
surface form: U.S. House Majority Leader
typeOfRedistricting mid-decade redistricting ⓘ
upperHouseInvolved Texas Legislature ⓘ
surface form: Texas Senate
usedTactic cracking Democratic voters across multiple districts ⓘ
packing minority and Democratic voters into fewer districts ⓘ
walkoutDestination New Mexico ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
walkoutParticipants Texas House Democrats ⓘ
Texas Senate Democrats ⓘ

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Texas's 10th congressional district → redistrictingPlan → Texas mid-decade redistricting 2003 ⓘ
Texas's 25th congressional district → isSubjectOf → Texas mid-decade redistricting 2003 ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States congressional redistricting in Texas