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CD 25: It's a Small District After All
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| Contributor | User 13 |
| Last Edited | User 13 Jan 23, 2004 09:30pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Austin Chronicle |
| News Date | Friday, January 23, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | For the first time in his decadelong congressional career, Lloyd Doggett faces a serious opponent in the Democratic primary -- an unusual consequence of the congressional redistricting. Doggett, who even before last week's court approval of the new GOP map announced his intention to run in the new, heavily Democratic, District 25 -- stretching from North Central Austin 350 miles south to McAllen and the border -- will face Hidalgo Co. District Judge Leticia Hinojosa in the March 9 primary.
Both Hinojosa and Doggett (who for six weeks has been a de facto McAllen resident) brought their campaigns to Austin last week, highlighting the obvious -- indeed, superficial -- differences between them that each hopes will swing the contest their way. Hinojosa is of course Hispanic, as are about 70% of the potential voters in the new District 25, crafted by GOP mapmakers as a Hispanic-opportunity district, specifically to offset the de-Latinization of District 23 in West Texas to protect GOP incumbent Henry Bonilla. While both Hinojosa and her most celebrated local patron -- state Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos of Austin -- firmly disclaimed that ethnicity should be the issue that decides the race, both made plenty of allusions to the differences in "life experience" that make Hinojosa, in their view, a superior candidate. |
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