Despite attempts by Texas’ Democratic lawmakers to stall the redistricting plan pushed by state Republicans, the Texan legislature passed a bill that could result in up to five seats changing from blue to red. Gov. Greg Abbott said he would sign it into law “swiftly.”

Democrats were forced into a generational fight in Texas — and the next younger generation won. As Texas Republicans pressed forward with a mid-decade redistricting plan to shore up the GOP’s miniscule House minority,

Texas Republicans and California Democrats are both banking on Latinos to make their gambits successful. That's understandable but dangerous. If ever a voting bloc fulfills the cliché that to assume something makes an ass out of you and me,