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The district is also home to a public four-year university, Texas A&M University-Commerce, as well as Collin College. Texas has had at least three congressional districts since 1869. The current seat dates from a mid-decade redistricting conducted before the 1966 elections after Texas's original 1960s map was thrown out by Wesberry v.
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]
0–9. Texas's 1st congressional district; Texas's 2nd congressional district; Texas's 3rd congressional district; Texas's 4th congressional district
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed a new congressional district map into law. Some congressional candidates planned to run in one district, but ended up living in another. State ...
In District 12, which encompasses parts of Tarrant and Parker counties, former state Rep. Craig Goldman was sworn into office. Elected in Novem Four new members of Texas congressional delegation ...
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]
A new congressional district map giving Louisiana a second majority-Black House district was rejected Tuesday by a panel of three federal judges, fueling new uncertainty about district boundaries ...
[48] [50] [51] The new map did not place any non-at-large congressman in the same district as another, and it left an open seat in East Texas for at-large congressman George B. Terrell to run in. [b] The map also gave Harris, Dallas, and Bexar counties individual congressmen, the first time any congressional district in Texas had been made up ...