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Texas Senate Passes Map Aimed at Giving GOP 5 Extra Congressional Seats

Republicans in the state House are looking to approve the redistricting, but Democrats in the chamber fled the state in order to deny a quorum.
Texas Senate Passes Map Aimed at Giving GOP 5 Extra Congressional Seats
The Texas State 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 state Senate passed a map on Aug. 12 that would give the GOP an extra five congressional seats amid a mid-decade redistricting battle that has included other states such as California.

The final vote tally was 19–2 as all but two state Senate Democrats, Juan Hinojosa and Judith Zaffirini, walked out of the chamber. The Texas House of Representatives must approve the map before Texas Gov. Greg Abbott can sign it into law.

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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