The Art of the Texas Gerrymander: U.S. House District 7

Variation on a Pennsylvania Theme

It's all about diluting the Democratic vote in Houston.

 

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Lizzie Fletcher (D-Houston) won a third term in Congress with 64.3% of the vote.

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The Texas Tribune, 4/4/2022

As the Asian American and Pacific Islander population has grown and continued to mobilize politically, especially in the midst of rising hostility and targeted attacks, the community’s desire for representation in Texas and U.S. politics has become stronger. But many now feel their political aspirations became collateral damage in Republican efforts to draw political districts designed to preserve partisan power. 

Although they make up only about 5% of Texas’ total population, Asian Texans accounted for a sizable portion of the state’s tremendous growth over the past decade. Nearly one in five new Texans since 2010 are Asian American, according to the census. They were the fastest-growing racial or ethnic voting group in the state, increasing from a population of about 950,000 in 2010 to nearly 1.6 million in 2020.

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