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During Reconstruction, the 1869 Texas Constitution apportioned the state four seats in the United States House of Representatives. The state only had one set of legislative districts, with each district electing one senator and two to four representatives. [17] Texas's current redistricting system was established by its 1876 Constitution. [18]
Because the Senate (which cannot be gerrymandered due to the fixed state borders) has been passing fewer bills but the House (which is subject to gerrymandering) has been passing more (comparing 1993–2002 to 2013–2016), Enten concludes gridlock is due to factors other than gerrymandering.
She was characterized in 2013 as "the worst" Texas Senator by Texas Monthly magazine. [4] She was again included on the Texas Monthly list of worst Texas legislators in 2015, for, among other things, sponsoring an amendment to a bill that would "exclude from personal financial disclosure the holdings of legislators' spouses." Her husband, Keith ...
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Gerrymandering is in full force in the Lone Star state. GOP Texas lawmakers have given the green light to a new map of U.S. House districts that bolsters Republican incumbents and decreases the ...
Unfortunately, given Texas’ political leaning and the Electoral College, my vote doesn’t matter anyway. With our gerrymandered state I have little to no voice nationally, none at the state ...
Bush v. Vera, 517 U.S. 952 (1996), is a United States Supreme Court case concerning racial gerrymandering, where racial minority majority-electoral districts were created during Texas' 1990 redistricting to increase minority Congressional representation.
The latest redistricting cycle is set up to be a disaster for democratic fairness. Unlikely as it sounds, there’s a path to fix it.