Lines in the sand : congressional redistricting in Texas and the downfall of Tom DeLay / / by Steve Bickerstaff.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Bickerstaff, Steve.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: ix, 472 p. :; ill., maps.

Table of Contents

• 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.