My primary research project is a book length examination (with UGA’s Charles S. Bullock III) of the legal and political strategies associated with the 2001-2004 Texas redistricting fight and the subsequent appellate legal battle. Titled Delayed Democracy: The Texas Redistricting War of 2001-2006 (University of Oklahoma Press), this book explores the interplay of a series of Supreme Court decisions related to redistricting and the Voting Rights Act with the political and legal maneuvers of Republicans and Democrats in the battle for control of the Texas congressional delegations and also the US House of Representatives.

In addition to this project, Chuck and I are continuing our work on Southern politics and voting rights. We recently finished a three-year project on voting rights progress in the South that is the subject of a future book. We will next turn to an ongoing research project on Georgia politics, and possibly a book manuscript on the battle for control of Georgia politics in the immediate post-World War II era.