If you ever wondered why Texas so reliably sends Republicans to Congress, part of the reason is that Texas Republicans won control of the state legislature for the first time since Reconstruction in 2002, and they immediately set about gerrymandering the state so Democrats could never win a majority of the state's Congressional districts again

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Texas_redistricting

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2003 Texas redistricting - Wikipedia

That gerrymandering effort was led by Texas Republican Tom DeLay, who rode it all the way to becoming leader of the House GOP until his obvious and flagrant corruption became too obvious and flagrant for even Texans to live with

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_DeLay

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Tom DeLay - Wikipedia

@jalefkowit ugh there are too many characters in this show. I thought he was a sex criminal but he was apparently just a big supporter of famous sex criminal Dennis Hastert?