GOP Redistricting: Hosing down the ballot
The implications of three Republicans Henry Bonilla, Lamar Smith, and Michael McCaul all based somewhere else and representing Travis County, aren't merely about the county's representation in Congress. In a world of old-fashioned partisan politics, changing of guard also has down-ballot implications.
"...local and state candidates. Voters turn out at the polls when a strong, recognizable candidate they support is at..."
July 21, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves