i don t believe so, no. he served on the texas house redistricting committee. his own district is becoming more republican. when the districts are drawn so that republicans are in safe republican seats, democrats are in safe democrat seats sure. isn t that by definition incumbent protection. not necessarily. even if it s a republican district, they still have to have a republican primary. the incumbent isn t necessarily safe. reporter: true incumbents aren t necessarily safe, but the threat to them in politically gerrymandered districts full of voters from their own party comes from within, not across the aisle, pulling lawmakers even more to the extreme. texas state representative, chris turner, a democrat. there is no scenario in which a republican could win my house district. that could pull you left if you did have a primary opponent. sure. there s no question. reporter: there are different kind of gerrymandering, packing,