Rep. Allen West to Switch Congressional Districts

At the Miami Herald blog, "Rep. Allen West to move north, run in Palm Beach congressional seat vacated by Tom Rooney."

And at The Caucus, "Allen West to Switch Districts":

Representative Allen West, Republican of Florida, will switch Congressional districts to greatly increase his chances of winning re-election.

Mr. West now represents the Democrat-heavy 22nd Congressional District – which is about to get far more Democratic under proposed redistricting maps. He will move into the newly configured 18th District, which is a bit more Republican than Democratic.

That district is represented by Representative Tom Rooney, who had already decided to stake his claim to the far more Republican-rich environs of Florida’s new 17th Congressional District on the state’s west coast, which will contain many of his current constituents.

Democrats have balked at the maps, which await court approval, but many members of Congress have begun to position themselves under the assumption that the maps will hold.

William Jacobson has more, "Alan West switching districts."