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Major cities in the district include: Andrews, Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Killeen, and Brownwood. 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 ...
The plan diluted the voting power of Democratic residents of this county by distributing its residential areas among majority-Republican districts. At the time of the 2003 redistricting, Texas was under the pre-clearance requirements of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The State of Texas obtained pre-clearance from the US Department ...
District 11 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves portions of Brazoria, Galveston and Harris counties in the U.S. state of Texas. [ 1 ] The current senator from District 11 is Mayes Middleton .
District 11 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It was created in the 3rd legislature (1849–1851). The district has been represented by Republican Travis Clardy since January 8, 2013, upon his initial election to the Texas House.
A notable difference between the plan proposed Thursday and other legislation is that the 38% of Texans who rent are being offered a slice of tax relief. Texas House Democrats unveil $20.9 billion ...
Below is a table of United States congressional district boundary maps for the State of Texas, presented chronologically. [6] All 10 redistricting events that took place in Texas in the decades between 1973 and 2013 are illustrated here.
After the 2000 United States census Democrats and Republicans in the Texas Legislature could not reach an agreement on redistricting and a new plan had to be drawn by a federal three-judge court made up of U.S. Circuit Judge Patrick Higginbotham, and U.S. District Judges John H. Hannah, Jr. and T. John Ward. [3]
The 4th district is located in Northern and Northeastern Texas, including Paris, Sherman, and Texarkana. Incumbent Republican John Ratcliffe, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 88.0% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+28, making it one of the most conservative districts in the ...