Lines in the Sand Congressional Redistricting in Texas and the Downfall of Tom Delay

Name: Lines in the Sand Congressional Redistricting in Texas and the Downfall of Tom Delay
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ISBN: 9780292714748

ISBN-10: 0292714742

ISBN-13: 9780292714748

Edition: 2007

Authors: Steve Bickerstaff

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The events of 2003 in Texas were important to the political history of this country. Congressman Tom DeLay led a Republican effort to gerrymander the state's thirty-two congressional districts to defeat all ten of the Anglo Democratic incumbents and to elect more Republicans; Democratic state lawmakers fled the state in an effort to defeat the plan. The Lone Star State uproar attracted attention worldwide. The Republicans won this showdown, gaining six additional seats from Texas and protecting the one endangered Republican incumbent. This outcome has undeniably affected national policy-making and has made it more difficult for Democrats to regain a majority in the U.S. House of…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 2/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 484
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

STEVE BICKERSTAFF is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Law and has written extensively on redistricting. He is retired from the law firm he founded and lives in Austin, Texas.




The significance of the 2003 Congressional redistricting in Texas



Partisan politics and redistricting in Texas



Racial and ethnic politics



Electing the right Republicans : the Republican strategy for the 2002 election



As partisan as the law allows : Republican strategy in 2003



Playing defense : Democratic strategy, 2001-2003



You gotta be kidding! : the 2003 regular session



No better option : the Democrats break the quorum in the House of Representatives



Personal dilemmas : the first special session



Is there a Democratic endgame?



Republican triumph in the Senate



Redistricting by Cabal : the final redistricting plan



The effects of the final plan



The dilemma for racial- and ethnic-minority lawmakers and advocacy organizations



The role of Congressman Tom DeLay, Republican activists and donors, and the White House



The legal implications of the 2003 redistricting



Criminal investigations and indictments



The fall of Congressman DeLay



Conclusion