The Supremes included Texas redistricting in their final set.  According to the Houston Chronicle, the ruling tossed part of the new map and a couple of redrawn minority districts.  

One of those redrawn districts just happened to belong to erstwhile congressman Chris Bell.  That’s interesting.   Think he’ll withdraw from the governor’s race to run for his old seat in congress?  Oh wait, the dimocrats won’t let anyone withdraw from a race, will they now??? 

More on this later, when the decision is posted.

UPDATE  UPDATE  UPDATE:  Here’s what the NY Times has to say about the ruling, which allows states unlimited redistricting ability.  Henry Bonilla’s CD 23 was one of the districts singled out by the Supremes.  

Here’s the 132 page SCOTUS opinion. 

UPDATE  UPDATE  UPDATE:  To clarify our original post, while Chris Bell’s old seat was redrawn as a minority seat during redistricting, it wasn’t specifically part of the ruling today.  We guess the dimocrats are stuck with him as their nominee for governor.

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