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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.
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 ...
Other districts would be altered, including Rep. Michael Burgess’ Congressional District 26, which as drawn now includes most of Denton County and about 8% of north central Tarrant County.
The proposal would require the Texas Legislature to return for a special session to carry out the rare move of reshaping the ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Facing the possibility of losing control of the U.S. House next year, Republicans are considering aggressively gerrymandering ...
The judges also found racial gerrymandering in Congressional District 26, which includes parts of Tarrant County and is represented by Republican Michael Burgess.
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 ...
A trial is underway in El Paso in a long-running challenge to the state legislative and congressional district maps Texas drew after the 2020 U.S. Census. If Texas redraws its congressional maps, ...
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 ...