SAN ANTONIO (January 28, 2012)—Only a week remains to salvage an April 3 primary in Texas after a U.S. District Court Friday in San Antonio ordered the state and minority groups to compromise on redrawn political districts by Feb. 6.

The three-judge panel said that if both sides don't reach an agreement by that deadline, the primary would be pushed back.

The court did not indicate a new primary date if a deal isn't reached, but state Democratic and Republican leaders told the court that an April 17 primary is possible if interim maps are in place my mid-February.

Minority groups sued the state over newly drawn political voting maps passed by the GOP-controlled Texas Legislature.

The dispute is over whether the new map fairly reflects Hispanic growth.