 The map preserves existing Democratic-leaning districts and creates
new ones. It also forces several Republican incumbents to run
against each other in primaries.Republicans had sued to overturn
the map, claiming that Democrats drew only one Hispanic district
when more were needed because of population growth.
A panel of three judges, including two Indiana Republicans,
disagreed on Thursday.
In their ruling, the judges said they agreed that the crafting of
the adopted map was a "blatant political move to increase the number
of Democratic congressional seats" but it wasn't illegal.
The map was drawn by Democrats who control the Legislature and
signed into law by Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn.
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