Richard Raymond

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Richard Raymond is a Texas State Representative from Laredo representing the _____ Texas Legislative District.

On June 28, 2006, the Supreme Court in, League of United Latin American Citizens et al. v. Perry, Governor of Texas, et al., ruled that this district violated the Voting Rights Act, and consequently, has been sent down to the lower courts for remediation. see Key SCOTUS decisions. On August 4, 2006 a three judge federal panel partially redrew the Texas U.S. House district map by adding parts of Bexar County, which includes San Antonio, to the 23rd District, moving Kerr, Kendall, Bandera and Real Counties into the 21st District, represented by Lamar Smith of San Antonio, a Republican and adding Webb County in the 28th District. "These changes restore Latino voting strength to District 23 without dividing communities of interest," said the judges, Lee H. Rosenthal, T. John Ward and Patrick E. Higginbotham of Federal District Court.

"All we want as Hispanics is for everyone’s voting rights to be respected," said State Representative Richard Raymond, Democrat of Laredo. "Not just ours but everyone’s; and when you trample ours, we won’t stand by. I hope the Republicans learned a lesson." Source: n.a. "Judges Redo Texas District, and Democrats May Gain." Associated Press August 4, 2006 and New York Times. August 5, 2006.

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