Well, in name at least. DeLay has been sentenced to serve 3 years for his money laundering which allowed Republicans to take over the Texas house. Actually, he was charged 3 years for conspiracy. He would have 5 years for his money laundering but the judge switched it for 10 years probation. Oh and he may not have to serve those 3 years any
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The Republican Party in Texas had as its goal to create an essentially one-party state in Texas. With DeLay's actions, they succeeded.
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There is still an appeal process to go through as well. I wouldn't be surprised to see the case overturned for a variety of reasons, including "grand jury shopping" by the original prosecutor who simply kept seating grand juries until he found one that would issue an indictment.
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Texas is about as red as states get. No democrat had won a state wide office since the early 90's and have supported Republicans in every presidential election since the mid 70's, yet the districts were drawn in a way that was so favorable to democrats that they were a majority of their congressional delegation until they were redrawn. The process that was used to redraw the districts may be odd, but it held up in court. It also seems to have created a congressional delegation that is more representative of Texas.
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