The Brief: Top Texas News for Nov. 18, 2011

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Revised voting maps released Thursday may have handed Democrats what's become the rarest of rarities for the party in Texas: a significant victory.

On Thursday, a panel of federal judges in San Antonio proposed new redistricting maps for the Texas House and Senate that could potentially give Democrats several more seats in the Republican-dominated Legislature.

Under the new maps, which will remain in effect while a D.C.-based court examines whether the original Republican-drawn plan meets federal voting rights standards, Democrats stand to gain at least a handful of seats in the House, many in ...

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