This excellent news for West. His district is going to become more republican through redistricting, so he will be almost unbeatable at the way he's preforming before the new map.
How? Even with a 4-3 GOP majority on the Florida Supreme Court there is no way to maintain that district at all unless the Florida statute is removed somehow, more or less make it more Republican. Plus there are no Republicans nearby, even if it were legal. The district was created to protect a 30 year Republican Representative, Clay Shaw. He lost in 2006, and West doesn't have a fraction of Shaw's connections either.
If we get updated partisan data on Dave's redistricting site for Florida with the census numbers, we should create a challenge to see if anyone can make a compact district out of West's current territory that is less than Obama +10.
