Gov. Rick Perry of Texas , a Republican who had strongly backed the partisan redrawing of district lines after the 2000 Census , said through a spokeswoman that the plan had been upheld by a three-judge federal panel and that '' we continue to stand by that decision while the case is pending in the U.S. Supreme Court . ''
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