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Each state’s political maps must be redrawn once a decade, after each round of the U.S. census, to account for population ...
Facing the possibility of losing control of the U.S. House next year, Republicans are considering aggressively gerrymandering ...
The Justice Department and civil rights groups say after redistricting Texas's new congressional map does not reflect the past decade’s Latino population boom. Primaries are going ahead anyway.
AUSTIN, Texas -- A redraw of the state's congressional map to include a decade of population growth could be headed to last-minute backdoor negotiations after the Texas House made a series of ...
The judges also found racial gerrymandering in Congressional District 26, which includes parts of Tarrant County and is represented by Republican Michael Burgess.
The House approved the congressional map on a 79-56 vote early Sunday, leaving in place district configurations that largely protect incumbents while denying Hispanics control of either of the two ...
On Monday, Texas lawmakers gave a first glimpse at what the state’s new congressional districts may look like. The redrawn map was highly anticipated given that Texas gained two additional ...
Why Texas' Draft Map Of Congressional Districts Is Rankling Many Black, ... But that also helps other Republican neighbors have easier races, such as Beth Van Duyne in Congressional District 24.
A federal court has ordered Texas to redraw its congressional district map after finding it had twice been intentionally drawn to discriminate against minorities -- a ruling that the state has ...
The incumbent in Congressional District 15, U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, ... The congressional map now moves to the Texas House for approval before it can be signed by Gov. Greg Abbott.
Laws around the timing to redraw congressional and state district maps vary by state. In Texas, the state constitution doesn’t specify timing, so the redrawing of maps is left to the discretion ...