The Texas House
and congressional districts drawn by a San Antonio federal court appear
to be largely identical to a controversial deal negotiated between
Abbott and the Latino Redistricting Task Force, which was rejected by
other minority and Democratic groups suing the state earlier this month.

Like that compromise, the court’s congressional map would create
two new majority-minority congressional districts and preserves the
Republican-dominated Legislature’s decision to split Austin into five
districts, forcing U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, to run in a new, heavily Hispanic district that stretches from San Antonio to Austin.

Renea
Hicks, an attorney for Travis County, which is suing the state over the
five-way split, took a tougher line than Angle: “We’re very displeased
with (the interim redistricting maps), but we’re still evaluating.”

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