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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]
The party has a number of partner and auxiliary organizations, [41] including the Texas Federation of College Republicans, [42] the High School Republicans of Texas, the Texas Federation of Republican Women (TFRW), [43] Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association, [44] the Texas Republican Assembly, [45] 150 Black Men of Texas, the Juan ...
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 .
Texas's 15th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives includes a thin section of the far south of the state of Texas. The district's current Representative is Republican Monica De La Cruz. Elected in 2022, De La Cruz is the first Republican and woman to represent the district.
The current Representative from the 11th district is Republican August Pfluger. Texas has had at least 11 districts since 1883. The current configuration dates from the 2003 Texas redistricting; its first congressman, Mike Conaway, took office in 2005. It is one of the most Republican districts in the nation. Much of the territory now in the ...
The cynicism from Gonzales, a border-district Republican, is fueled in part by irritation with the chaos that has been the 118th Congress, which began with a drawn-out Speaker’s race, came close ...
Democratic legislators feared that, if left in the 10th district, the county's vote could overwhelm the rest of its district and elect a Republican to Congress. [25] [26] The bill that eventually passed moved Colorado County to the 9th district, [27] and neither district elected a Republican to Congress in the following decade. The legislature ...
The 25th district was created as a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 census.The district was originally anchored in the southern parts of Houston and Harris County, including the Texas Medical Center, the Astrodome, Astroworld and the southern shores of the Houston Ship Channel, as well as Rice University, Hobby Airport and Ellington Field.