All in a day’s work, the San Antonio Federal Court’s new interim maps endanger at least two incumbents: one of the few Hispanic Republicans and few White Democrats.  Apparently, the court believes neither are protected by the Voting Rights Act.  For different reasons, Democrats and Republicans thought their candidate was worthy of protection but the court disagreed. To the story:

A Texas court has released the new interim redistricting maps for the
state, giving both Democrats and Republicans a little of what they want
and potentially endangering Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and Francisco
Canseco (R-Texas).

…The
political ramifications of the map are a new heavily minority district
near Dallas that will likely be won by a Democrat and a restoration of
Canseco’s district lines, making it Democratic-leaning.  Because of
that change, Canseco will have an uphill battle to win the seat. He
would have had a better chance under the GOP’s original map.

Doggett
also could suffer from the new plan. Like the original GOP map, it
shatters his Austin district and draws the heart of it into a
Hispanic-majority district stretching all the way to San Antonio.
Doggett will likely face a primary challenge from a Hispanic Democrat,
if not this year then in the future.

…The likely partisan composition of the new map would give Democrats
11 seats and a good shot at 12 if they can beat Canseco, up from the
nine seats they currently have. Republicans will have 24 seats and
Canseco might be able to hold on to a 25th. Currently, Republicans have 23 seats and Democrats have nine.

link at the Hill