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Article: Supreme Court refuses to block Texas redistricting; Democrats fear the new map will cost them 6 House seats
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- January 17, 2004
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AUSTIN, Texas - The U.S. Supreme Court refused Friday to block
Texas from holding congressional elections next fall under a hard-
fought new map that could cost the Democrats as many as six House
seats.
The map was pushed through the Legislature by the Republicans last
year after months of partisan fighting that included two out-of-
state walkouts by the Democrats.
Congressional Democrats and others claim the map dilutes minority
voting strength, but that was not at issue on Friday; the high court
has yet to decide whether to hear that argument.
Instead, the justices rejected an emergency appeal that sought to
stop the state from using the new boundaries in next fall's
elections.
"The ...