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GOP HOUSE CAUCUS SHRINKS, LOSING BLACK REPRESENTATION AMID REDISTRICTING

All four Black Republican House members are leaving Congress, effectively removing the party's Black representation. This follows Texas redistricting and broader party shifts.

#GOP #HouseOfRepresentatives #BlackRepresentation #TexasRedistricting #USPolitics

https://newsletter.tf/black-republican-house-members-leave-congress/

All four Black Republican representatives in the House are leaving, which erases the party's Black representation in Congress. This is a significant shift for the GOP.

#GOP #HouseOfRepresentatives #BlackRepresentation #TexasRedistricting #USPolitics
https://newsletter.tf/black-republican-house-members-leave-congress/

#TexasMaps #SupremeCourt #Redistricting #USPolitics #USSupremeCourt #TexasRedistricting #Midterms2025 #ElectionMaps #GOPStrategy #ElectionLaw

https://globalindiabroadcastnews.com/world-news/texas-congressional-maps-approved-us-supreme-court-ruling-reshapes-gop-election-strategy/5591?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

#TexasMaps #SupremeCourt #Redistricting #USPolitics #USSupremeCourt #TexasRedistricting #Midterms2025 #ElectionMaps #GOPStrategy #ElectionLaw

https://globalindiabroadcastnews.com/world-news/breaking-us-supreme-court-approves-texas-congressional-maps-amid-gerrymandering-battle/5590?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

More than four years after Spring Branch ISD was sued over how its trustees are elected, the lawsuit hinges on a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case that could have wide-ranging implications.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/10/15/533472/voting-rights-act-lawsuit-supreme-court-spring-branch-isd/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #SupremeCourt #Voting #SpringBranchISD #SpringBranchSchoolBoard #TexasRedistricting #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #USSupremeCourt #VotingRightsActOf1965

More than four years after Spring Branch ISD was sued over how its trustees are elected, the lawsuit hinges on a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case that could have wide-ranging implications.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/10/15/533472/voting-rights-act-lawsuit-supreme-court-spring-branch-isd/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #SupremeCourt #Voting #SpringBranchISD #SpringBranchSchoolBoard #TexasRedistricting #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #USSupremeCourt #VotingRightsActOf1965

More than four years after Spring Branch ISD was sued over how its trustees are elected, the lawsuit hinges on a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case that could have wide-ranging implications.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/10/15/533472/voting-rights-act-lawsuit-supreme-court-spring-branch-isd/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #SupremeCourt #Voting #SpringBranchISD #SpringBranchSchoolBoard #TexasRedistricting #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #USSupremeCourt #VotingRightsActOf1965

More than four years after Spring Branch ISD was sued over how its trustees are elected, the lawsuit hinges on a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case that could have wide-ranging implications.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/10/15/533472/voting-rights-act-lawsuit-supreme-court-spring-branch-isd/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #SupremeCourt #Voting #SpringBranchISD #SpringBranchSchoolBoard #TexasRedistricting #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #USSupremeCourt #VotingRightsActOf1965

More than four years after Spring Branch ISD was sued over how its trustees are elected, the lawsuit hinges on a high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case that could have wide-ranging implications.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/10/15/533472/voting-rights-act-lawsuit-supreme-court-spring-branch-isd/

#Court #Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #SupremeCourt #Voting #SpringBranchISD #SpringBranchSchoolBoard #TexasRedistricting #USSouthernDistrictCourtOfTexas #USSupremeCourt #VotingRightsActOf1965

The system created by Tom Hofeller has helped Republicans and Democrats embrace partisan gerrymandering. Now that foundation is leading states into a battle to win the U.S. House.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/09/19/531340/behind-the-texas-redistricting-frenzy-is-a-political-strategy-started-decades-ago/

#News #Politics #Texas #CongressionalRedistricting #KUT #REDISTRICTING #TexasRedistricting #TomHofeller

U.S. Rep. Al Green, a Houston Democrat who recently was drawn out of the congressional district he has represented since 2005, expressed his intention to run next year for the seat in the newly redrawn 18th Congressional District.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/26/529525/houston-rep-al-green-indicates-potential-run-for-newly-redrawn-18th-congressional-district/

#Houston #Local #News #Politics #18thCongressionalDistrict #9thCongressionalDistrict #CaliforniaRedistricting #PresidentDonaldTrump #TexasRedistricting #USRepAlGreen

Hours after the Texas Senate approved a new congressional map early Saturday morning that more heavily favors Republicans, a lawsuit against Gov. Greg Abbott was filed, alleging that the redrawn districts are racially discriminatory.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/25/529345/fresh-off-texas-senates-approval-new-congressional-map-is-target-of-lawsuit/

#Court #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #CongressionalRedistricting #GovGregAbbott #LULAC #TexasLegislature2025 #TexasRedistricting #VotingRightsAct

The Texas House passed its proposed congressional redistricting map Wednesday on a vote of 88-52. The final, procedural vote is underway. Next, the map will head to the state Senate for consideration.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/20/529098/texas-house-passes-congressional-redistricting-map-amid-protests-following-dem-quorum-break/

#News #Politics #Texas #Voting #CongressionalRedistricting #REDISTRICTING #TexasHouse #TexasRedistricting #VotingRightsAct

The Texas House on Wednesday will finally debate a new map for the state's congressional districts that could give Republicans as many as five additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2026 midterm elections.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/20/529073/with-democrats-walkout-over-texas-house-begins-debate-on-controversial-redistricting-bill/

#News #Politics #Texas #CongressionalRedistricting #DustinBurrows #KUT #TexasHouse #TexasLegislature #TexasRedistricting

The Texas House on Wednesday will finally debate a new map for the state's congressional districts that could give Republicans as many as five additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2026 midterm elections.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/20/529073/with-democrats-walkout-over-texas-house-begins-debate-on-controversial-redistricting-bill/

#News #Politics #Texas #CongressionalRedistricting #DustinBurrows #KUT #TexasHouse #TexasLegislature #TexasRedistricting

The Texas House on Wednesday will finally debate a new map for the state's congressional districts that could give Republicans as many as five additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2026 midterm elections.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/20/529073/with-democrats-walkout-over-texas-house-begins-debate-on-controversial-redistricting-bill/

#News #Politics #Texas #CongressionalRedistricting #DustinBurrows #KUT #TexasHouse #TexasLegislature #TexasRedistricting

The Texas House on Wednesday will finally debate a new map for the state's congressional districts that could give Republicans as many as five additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2026 midterm elections.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/20/529073/with-democrats-walkout-over-texas-house-begins-debate-on-controversial-redistricting-bill/

#News #Politics #Texas #CongressionalRedistricting #DustinBurrows #KUT #TexasHouse #TexasLegislature #TexasRedistricting

The Texas House on Wednesday will finally debate a new map for the state's congressional districts that could give Republicans as many as five additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2026 midterm elections.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/20/529073/with-democrats-walkout-over-texas-house-begins-debate-on-controversial-redistricting-bill/

#News #Politics #Texas #CongressionalRedistricting #DustinBurrows #KUT #TexasHouse #TexasLegislature #TexasRedistricting

The congressional redistricting map now advancing through the Texas House would add Liberty County to TX-9, unlike the map under consideration in the Senate. The district has long been represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Al Green.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/08/19/529009/house-pursues-redistricting-map-that-would-make-houstons-tx-9-more-solidly-republican/

#Elections #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #CongressionalRedistricting #CongressmanAlGreen #LibertyCounty #SpecialSession #Texas9thCongressionalDistrict #TexasRedistricting

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott released his second special session proclamation moments after the state legislature officially called its first special session to a close. The governor told lawmakers to begin work Friday afternoon.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/15/528768/gov-abbott-instructs-texas-legislature-to-begin-second-special-session-at-noon-on-friday/

#News #Politics #Texas #CongressionalRedistricting #QuorumBreak #SpecialSession #TexasGovernorGregAbbott #TexasLegislature #TexasRedistricting

President Trump sparked a national sprint to redistrict when he asked Texas Republicans to draw five more congressional seats for the GOP in their state ahead of next year's elections.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/national/2025/08/14/528642/the-fight-is-on-how-redistricting-could-unfold-in-8-entangled-states/

#Elections #National #News #Politics #Texas #2026Election #CongressionalRedistricting #MidtermElection #PresidentDonaldTrump #TexasRedistricting

In a Houston neighborhood near the city’s port, residents worry their problems — and their votes — will be unheard if Texas state lawmakers go ahead with a mid-decade congressional redistricting plan.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/14/528598/how-one-houston-neighborhood-could-fare-under-texas-proposed-new-congressional-map/

#Elections #Environment #EnvironmentalJustice #Healthcare #Houston #Immigration #InDepth #Local #National #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #CongressionalRedistricting #DenverHarbor #Gerrymandering #PresidentDonaldTrump #SpecialSession #TexasRedistricting

Texas Republicans will again try to convene the state Legislature for a vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's favor, an effort that already sparked a national political brawl and prompted Democratic lawmakers to leave the state.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/11/528366/texas-legislature-to-take-another-swing-at-redistricting-vote-as-democrats-extend-their-walkout/

#News #Politics #Texas #CongressionalRedistricting #GovGregAbbott #SpecialSession #TexasLegislature #TexasRedistricting

Republican state lawmakers argue their proposed redistricting map would create Latino opportunity districts. But a Democratic state rep says the map is drawn to leave Black and Latino residents with a fraction of the voting power of whites.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/07/528214/latino-black-voters-are-big-losers-from-proposed-texas-redistricting-map-house-democratic-deputy-whip-says/

#CivilRights #Elections #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #BlackVoters #CongressionalRedistricting #LatinoVoters #RacialDiscrimination #StateRepresentativeVincePerez #TexasRedistricting

The Texas Supreme Court said in 2021 the Constitution allows members to thwart legislation by leaving the state. Gov. Greg Abbott wants them to reconsider.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/08/07/528127/abbotts-bid-to-expel-the-house-democratic-leader-goes-to-a-court-filled-with-his-appointees/

#Court #News #Politics #Texas #AttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #GeneWu #GovGregAbbott #QuorumBreak #TexasRedistricting #TexasSupremeCourt

As Democrats and Republicans spar about redrawing Texas' congressional districts ahead of the midterm election, a state senator from the Houston area is being accused of racism over a post on X about a fellow lawmaker who fled the state.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/05/527944/republican-state-senator-from-houston-area-accused-of-racism-while-criticizing-house-democrat-who-fled-state/

#Galveston #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #QuorumBreak #SenMayesMiddleton #TexasHouseDemocraticCaucus #TexasHouseRepresentativeGeneWu #TexasLegislature #TexasRedistricting

Dozens of Texas Democrats left the state to protest a redistricting map, facing potentially steep consequences. Lawmaker walkouts have had mixed success in the past — so what is there to gain?

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/04/527886/texas-democrats-walked-out-to-block-the-gop-how-well-has-the-tactic-worked-before/

#National #News #Politics #Texas #QuorumBreak #StateLegislatures #TexasGov #TexasPolitics #TexasRedistricting #Walkout

A bill that would dramatically redraw Texas’ congressional maps has advanced in the GOP-led House of Representatives, increasing the chances that Democrats will break quorum to deny Republicans the minimum number of legislators needed for the House to function.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/08/02/527799/congressional-redistricting-map-passes-house-committee-pushing-dems-towards-quorum-break/

#CivilRights #Elections #National #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #2025TexasLegislature #CongressionalRedistricting #QuorumBreak #SpecialSession #TexasRedistricting #VotingRightsActOf1965

The proposed map targets districts dominated by coalitions of Latino and Black voters, with a focus on districts in the Rio Grande Valley, the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and Central Texas. Houston Democrats would also see their districts shuffled.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/07/30/527537/republicans-file-texas-congressional-redistricting-map-raising-prospects-for-democratic-quorum-break/

#Elections #International #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #2025TexasLegislature #Congress #RacialDiscrimination #SpecialSession #TexasRedistricting

The University of Houston hosted a hearing of the Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting on Saturday. Almost all of the candidates running for TX-18, vacant since Rep. Sylvester Turner's death in March, urged the committee not to redraw the boundaries.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/07/27/527261/candidates-for-texas-18th-congressional-district-speak-against-redistricting/

#CivilRights #Elections #InDepth #National #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #18thCongressionalDistrict #2025TexasLegislature #GovernorGregAbbott #RacialDiscrimination #SpecialSession #TexasRedistricting

Texas state representatives will convene at the University of Houston Saturday to hear public comments on plans to redraw congressional maps mid-decade.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/07/24/527083/uh-to-host-texas-congressional-redistricting-hearing-on-saturday/

#Elections #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #2025TexasLegislature #Congress #MidtermElections #PresidentDonaldTrump #SpecialSession #TexasRedistricting

Gov. Greg Abbott was initially resistant to the plan pushed by President Donald Trump’s political team to pick up new GOP seats through a rare mid-decade redistricting, according to two people who have spoken to Abbott and the White House about the behind-the-scenes discussions.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/07/22/526906/texas-republicans-gov-abbott-were-reluctant-to-redraw-congressional-maps-then-trump-got-involved/

#Local #News #Politics #GovGregAbbott #PresidentDonaldTrump #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasRedistricting #TexasTribune

Democratic lawmakers at the state capital on Monday said they are keeping all options on the table to stop Republican leaders from advancing their special session redistricting agenda, along with other legislative bills they say are harmful to the average Texan. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/07/21/526889/texas-democrats-consider-breaking-quorum-other-strategies-as-special-session-launches/

#Local #News #Politics #2025TexasLegislature #Congress #Elections #GovernorGregAbbott #National #PresidentDonaldTrump #SpecialSession #Texas #TexasRedistricting #Voting

President Donald Trump is seeking to pick up at least four, potentially five, Texas congressional seats for Republicans in a midterm election cycle that ordinarily would favor the Democrats.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/07/21/526668/texas-legislature-begins-mid-decade-redistricting-under-pressure-from-trump-and-abbott/

#Elections #InDepth #National #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #2025TexasLegislature #Congress #GovernorGregAbbott #PresidentDonaldTrump #SpecialSession #TexasRedistricting

Disaster preparedness and flood recovery are at the top of the agenda for Texas' special legislative session. Many of the measures likely to come up for debate were considered months or years before the deadly flash flood in the Hill Country.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/07/14/526276/texas-missed-opportunities-to-prepare-for-hill-country-flood-former-fema-chief-of-staff-says/

#EnergyEnvironment #Flooding #Houston #Local #National #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #DisasterPreparedness #FederalEmergencyManagementAgency #SpecialSession #TexasHillCountryFlooding #TexasRedistricting

U.S. Rep. Al Green of Houston slammed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to redraw some of the state's congressional districts mid-decade during the upcoming special legislative session, under pressure from President Donald Trump.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/07/11/526262/houston-congressman-al-green-threatens-lawsuit-impeachment-over-texas-redistricting-plan/

#Houston #Local #National #News #Politics #Texas #CongressmanAlGreen #Impeachment #PresidentDonaldTrump #SpecialSession #TexasGovernorGregAbbott #TexasRedistricting

Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for a rare, mid-decade round of congressional redistricting as part of a packed agenda for the Texas Legislature’s special session, set to begin July 21.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/07/09/526083/congressional-redistricting-including-in-houston-on-texas-governors-agenda-for-special-legislative-session/

#Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #GovGregAbbott #HoustonCongressionalSeat #REDISTRICTING #SpecialSession #TexasLegislature #TexasRedistricting