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Texas Legislature to Vote on New Congressional Map Favoring Republicans

In response to Texas’s redistricting, California has announced it will also redraw its congressional map.
Texas Legislature to Vote on New Congressional Map Favoring Republicans
The Texas Capitol on the first day of the 87th Legislature's third special session in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 20, 2021. Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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The Texas House is scheduled to vote on Aug. 20 on a newly drawn congressional map that would give Republicans five extra seats.

The Texas Senate passed the map on Aug. 13. Were the state House to pass the map, it would go to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature.
Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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