Redistricting in America

Tea Party godfather Ron Paul, a 2008 and 2012 Republican presidential hopeful, would see his congressional district transformed in a new GOP map proposed Thursday night by Senate Redistricting Commitee Chair Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo.

District 14 would pick up about 300,000 new voters, including all of Jefferson County — where the city of Beaumont is located — and a bigger slice of Galveston County. The percentage of his voting-age constituents who are Anglo would drop from 61 percent in his current district to 57 percent in his new one, while the percentage of African Americans and Hispanics would increase from 35 percent to 39 percent.

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Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) knew today was not going to be a great day for him. And he was right. Republicans in Indiana’s state legislature came out with a redistricting plan for the state's new congressional districts this morning that, as expected, hands Donnelly the very short end of the stick.

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