Will Texas “surface” like California?
Texas Vice President of Public Policy Chuck Devore has addressed whether Texas will be “gerrymander” like California, just like a new congressional proposal, with Donald Trump carrying five districts.
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A small map proposed by the Republican Party in Texas will drive firepower Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett out of his area and may add more housing seats to the Lone Star Republican delegation.
Last week, Texas houses Republicans A re-division proposal was made that could purify five new Republican seats. The draft congressional map may be changed before approval in two state legislative chambers, aiming to remake the districts to include more Republican-oriented areas democracy Dallas and Houston and other strongholds.
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Crockett, Service Texas The 30th Congressional District, representing a large part of Dallas, said the re-division efforts were “the power to keep voters silent.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) delivered a hearing on the efficiency of the U.S. Capitol government at a hearing with the Subcommittee on February 26, 2025. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
She claimed before Republicans unveil the mapshe was asked to verify her speech with other existing Democratic members of Congress.
Texas Map Battle Elevates When Jeffries Swears “All Options” to Stop Republican Plans
Rare mid-term re-division work may also force some democracy As seats became more limited, lawmakers fought their current compatriots.
For example, if maps are adopted, Democrat Lloyd Doggett, currently representing Texas’s 37th Congressional District, will be placed in the same area with Rep. Greg Casar, who also anchored the neighboring District 35 in Austin.
Last week, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries called fighting the proposed map “an all-round moment on the deck.”
U.S. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries opposes Texas’ redistribution efforts at a press conference Thursday, July 31, 2025 at the Texas Capitol in Austin. Listening is the United States representatives Joaquin Castro, Lloyd Doggett, Greg Casar, Greg Casar, Greg Casar, Lizzie Fletcher and Al Green. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)
“We will fight them politically. We will fight them governmentally. We will fight them in court. We will fight them in winning the hearts of people in Texas and beyond,” Jeffries said in a press conference in Austin last week.
Jeffries said that while companies and universities are aligned with Trump, “Texas Democrats won’t bend over.”
Redistribution battles in key battlefield states
Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, Democrat of Texas, stood with Jeffries, warning that redistribution efforts like the Lone Star state could spread nationwide as part of a broader drive Republicans strength.
“People across the country are watching what we do in Texas,” Fletcher said.
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