Texas Senate GOP advances election maps
Texas Senate Republicans on Friday advanced a redistricting plan over objections from Democrats who complained that it pits the only two Black members of Congress from Houston against each other, takes important military bases out of Democratic districts and will not create any more minority-majority districts — even though the state’s growth over the past 10 years is largely a result of an increase in Hispanic residents. The plan creates new congressional districts in 2022 for Houston and Austin while increasing the number of Texas Republicans likely to go to Congress.