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Texas's current redistricting system was established ... Comparison of U.S. House election results for Texas in 2002 and 2004 after the creation of new boundaries for ...
The Texas Legislature drew new maps for Texas' congressional districts to account for the two new congressional districts it gained through the 2020 census. The Republican Party had a trifecta in the Texas Government at the time, giving them full control of the redistricting process. [6]
The 2003 Texas redistricting was a controversial intercensus state plan that defined new congressional districts. In the 2004 elections , this redistricting supported the Republicans taking a majority of Texas 's federal House seats for the first time since Reconstruction .
No Democrat has won statewide office in Texas since 1994. But the margin between Republicans and Democrats in recent years has been narrowing. ... KXAN looked at results in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 ...
Sophomore Republican Louie Gohmert of Tyler was elected in 2004 following a controversial redistricting in 2003 by then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay that moved the district of incumbent Democrat Max Sandlin into a strongly Republican constituency. Sandlin was defeated by a 24-point margin in 2004, and Gohmert won in 2006 with 68% of the vote.
However, a recent Supreme Court ruling struck down Texas' 23rd District, which is located next to this district, as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander resulting from the controversial 2003 Texas redistricting efforts coordinated by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and the Republican-controlled legislature.
[2] [3] This led to the 2003 Texas redistricting, where Republicans redrew the state's congressional districts which had been implemented by federal courts for the 2002 elections. [4] In response, 58 Democratic members of the House of Representatives boycotted the session and left the capitol to deprive the chamber of a quorum , preventing the ...
Congressional redistricting fell to the courts in Balderas v. State of Texas after no special session was called to address redistricting. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] While the court's initial map appeared to benefit Republicans, [ 7 ] the final maps ordered for the 2002 elections were seen as beneficial to Democrats.