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Lines in the Sand: Congressional Redistricting in Texas and the Downfall of Tom DeLay (1st Edition) by Steve Bickerstaff Hardcover, 484 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-10: 0-292-71474-2 / 0292714742 ISBN-13: 978-0-292-71474-8 / 9780292714748 The events of 2003 in Texas were important to the political history of this country. Congressman Tom DeLay led a Republican effort to gerrymander the state's thirty-two congressional districts to defeat all ten of the Anglo Democratic incumbents and to elect more Republicans; Democratic state lawmak |