Abbott’s Folly: How His Hardnose Voting Fight Could Cost Him Redistricting
Enough Texas Democrats have fled the state that the Texas House of Representatives cannot legally form a quorum or pass any laws, which has...
New Texas District Maps Severely Underrepresent Minorities
In possibly the least surprising thing that has happened in Texas politics all year, the latest district maps drawn by Republicans based on the...
What’s Likely to Happen During Texas Redistricting
One of Texas Democrats’ top election priorities was to flip enough state house seats to have a seat at table during redistricting next year.
Since...
Supreme Court Decision Could Strike Texas Gerrymandered Maps
In a surprise win for voting rights activists, the U.S. Supreme Court breathed new life into the Civil Rights Act and may have paved...
Census: Non-Hispanic Whites in Texas Now a Minority
The long-delayed results of the 2020 United States Census are out, and they show that America’s population is growing and becoming more diverse. In...
Texas House Pass Map That Shores Up Republican Majority
After nearly 15 hours of debate that ended early Wednesday morning, the Texas House passed a proposal for new political boundaries for itself along...
Supreme Court Punts on Ruling on Trump Census Challenge
The Supreme Court on Friday issued an opinion delaying judgment on the case challenging President Trump's July Census memo seeking to block undocumented immigrants...
Texas Senators File a Lawsuit To Prevent Redistricting To Happen During Special Session
Democratic Sens. Sarah Eckhardt from Austin and Roland Gutierrez from San Antonio filed a federal lawsuit to block the Texas Legislature from redistricting in...
Legal Challenges to Texas Redistricting Begin
It was always a foregone conclusion that the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature would not draw new district lines that accurately represented the increasing diversity of...
Texas Senate Redistricting: Republicans Must Meet Their Shifting Electorate in the Middle
Every ten years Texas undergoes a redistricting process during which the Legislature redraws congressional as well as state legislative districts. Looking at the demographic...
