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Texas Senate Panel Advances House-Passed Map, Setting Up Floor Vote

The committee advanced the map to the floor a day after the state House passed its map in a 88–52 vote.
Texas Senate Panel Advances House-Passed Map, Setting Up Floor Vote
The Texas State Capitol in Austin on Sept. 5, 2023. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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A Texas Senate committee advanced a newly drawn congressional map on Aug. 21 that was passed by the state House, setting it up for a vote on the state Senate floor.

The vote tally in the Texas Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting was 5–3.

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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