Gov. Pat Quinn says he's pleased with a federal court's decision to uphold a new congressional map drawn by Democrats.

Republicans had sued to overturn the map, claiming that Democrats drew only one Hispanic district when more were needed because of population growth.

A three-judge panel disagreed Thursday. But in their ruling they did say the adopted map was a "blatant political move to increase the number of Democratic congressional seats."

The map preserves existing Democratic-leaning districts and creates new ones. It also forces several Republican incumbents to run against each other in primaries.

In a statement, Quinn stressed that state officials held dozens of meetings statewide during the redistricting process.