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Texas's 23rd congressional district stretches across the southwestern portion of Texas. It is a majority Hispanic district and has been represented by Republican Tony Gonzales since 2021. The 23rd district runs along the majority of Texas' border with Mexico , north of the Rio Grande .
Republicans have complete control of the congressional redistricting process in Texas, as any new maps are drawn and passed by the Republican-held state legislature and signed into law by the Republican governor. [1] This has resulted in Texas’ maps being a partisan gerrymander, with few competitive districts. [2] [3]
Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Virginia, are presented chronologically below for the most recent iterations following the redistricting of the 1960s, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that congressional and state legislative districts had to satisfy the one man, one vote criteria for equal ...
On June 28, 2006, the Supreme Court upheld the statewide redistricting as constitutional, with the exception of Texas's 23rd congressional district, which it held was racially gerrymandered in violation of Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, apparently to try to protect a Hispanic Republican representative. A three-judge Federal District ...
July 23, 1910 – March 3, 1911 3rd: Canton: Elected to finish G. Russell's term. Retired. Tom Loeffler: Republican January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1987 21st: Hunt: Elected in 1978. Retired to run for Governor of Texas. John B. Long: Democratic March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 2nd: Rusk: Elected in 1890. Lost renomination. Wingate H. Lucas ...
The 7th Congressional District map, redrawn in time to be implemented ahead of the 2022 contest, now includes Republican strongholds such as rural King George, Culpepper, Orange and Green counties ...
The following is a list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Virginia ordered by District number. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Virginia.
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