For the 2011 redistricting of the Texas House of Representatives, each district has to get close to the 167,637 folks. In looking at the 2010 population numbers of the Harris County Delegation of the Texas House of Representatives, it looks like a number of districts need to go pick up some live bodies. According to the Texas Legislative Council, the following is the 2010 population of the Harris County House districts (district #, last name of member, 2010 population, how many they have to pick up in red or how many they have to lose in black, and percentage ahead or behind).
126 Harless 172,274 4,637 2.77%
127 Huberty 187,102 19,465 11.61%
128 Smith, W. 148,817 -18,820 -11.23%
129 Davis, J. 150,798 -16,839 -10.04%
130 Fletcher 252,386 84,749 50.56%
131 Allen 152,889 -14,748 -8.80%
132 Callegari 264,426 96,789 57.74%
133 Murphy 155,296 -12,341 -7.36%
134 Davis, S. 147,146 -20,491 -12.22%
135 Elkins 166,937 -700 -0.42%
136 Woolley 146,854 -20,783 -12.40%
137 Hochberg 137,876 -29,761 -17.75%
138 Bohac 136,881 -30,756 -18.35%
139 Turner 150,919 -16,718 -9.97%
140 Walle 139,275 -28,362 -16.92%
141 Thompson 184,720 17,083 10.19%
142 Dutton 154,794 -12,843 -7.66%
143 Hernandez Luna 127,381 -40,256 -24.01
144 Legler 169,715 2,078 1.24%
145 Alvarado 132,730 -34,907 -20.82%
146 Miles 143,120 -24,517 -14.63%
147 Coleman 146,857 -20,780 -12.40%
148 Farrar 140,946 -26,691 -15.92%
149 Vo 169,836 2,199 1.31%
150 Riddle 212,484 44,847 26.75%
It is not a pretty picture for sure. For local House Democrats it doesn’t help that the GOP is driving the redistricting process.
Here is part of what burkblog says today on some of the above:
Not surprisingly, Rick Hardcastle’s sprawling rural West Texas district showed a large population loss of 31,695. What was surprising was the population declines in Harris County. Hernandez-Luna is 40,256 people short of ideal population. Other districts in traditionally Hispanic areas suffered similar shortfalls: Alvarado is short by 34,907; Walle by 28,362. What is happening? I think it’s brown flight: families deserting the inner city for the ‘burbs, especially the Cypress-Fairbanks school district. A similar story is taking place in El Paso. Marquez and Gonzalez are short 35,070 and 34,922 respectively. Pickett is short by 20,465. Obviously, major demographic shifts are taking place in Hispanic communities across Texas. In Dallas, Anchia’s district is a whopping 50,291 short of the ideal population; Alonzo’s district is down by 35,737. I think we are seeing in Dallas what happened in Houston, and that is minority move-outs from the central city. Dallas has to lose a seat, and it could be the result of the dispersal of the Hispanic population.
Harris County presently has 25 House districts. Heck, we may end up with 24. Let the games continue!
Numero 45, err “El Caballo”, err Carlos Lee is one of 108 on this MLB list. What am I talking about?
Guv Dude is coming to H-Town this week to talk about sanctuary cities. I hope he brings his list that he still won’t show me.
Commentary was on Channel 13’s “Viva Houston” yesterday morning to talk about redistricting.
Numero 45 is one of 108 MLBers – former and present – that smacked a dinger in their first ever MLB at-bat. It happened on May 7, 1999, as a member of the White Sox in the bottom of the second off of Tom Candiotti of the A’s.
Yesterday was the first full squad workout and on Chron.com they had about 42 photos with Numero 45 in about 35 of them – catching, walking, hitting, fist bumping, jogging, running, joking – pardon the pun but you get the picture. Hunter Pence also won his arbitration case so I fully expect to pay a bit more for a St. Arnold this season.
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