The current legislative map was adopted after the 2000 census to make the population equal in each district.

The legislative map, which is subject to court approval, applies to the election in November.

His seat was then eliminated in the redrawn legislative map.

That court then produced a legislative map that was more favorable to Republicans.

The court has scheduled a hearing for May 5 to consider the legislative maps as well as any plans submitted by outside interest groups.

Within a year after the ruling, lawsuits had been filed in 36 states to redraw the legislative maps.

If the Court continues on its present path of ordering legislative maps redrawn, it is a question that will need to be answered often.

If it does not, he said, he will appoint a panel of three experts to draw a new legislative map.

The Democrats capitalized on a legislative map that was redrawn earlier this year mostly in their favor.

Next came a much less heralded fight over how to redraw the state's legislative map to take into account the new census figures.