Bonilla could face tough battle in redrawn district. Texas

Posted on: August 11th, 2006
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ Politics ]
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“Republicans in South Texas say they’re confident U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla will win an eighth term in Congress, but experts say the race could be close in a district redrawn last week to fix a violation of the Voting Rights Act.

Bonilla, 52, represents Texas’ sprawling 23rd district, which was at the epicenter of a legal fight over whether the voting power of Hispanics was diluted because of a pro-Republican Texas congressional map engineered in 2003 by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.”

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