Thursday, April 27, 2023

The Art of the Texas Gerrymander: U.S. House District 14

 
Animal Kingdom Fight Night:  
Swordfish Takes on Gator

 
Another means of diluting the power of voters of color in the Houston metro area.

Randy Weber (R-Friendswood) won a 6th term to Congress with 68.8% of the vote.  "Bolstering incumbents with even safer districts."  


The Texas Tribune, 10/20/2021
Their pursuit of partisan advantage produced new districts giving white Republican voters even greater say in deciding who represents Texans in Congress and the Legislature. Despite overwhelming population growth among people of color in the state, the power of voters of color is actually diminished when measured by their ability to meaningfully affect elections. [emphasis added]
But persistently — often with a whiff of umbrage — Republican lawmakers insisted throughout the just-ended special legislative session that they were not intentionally marginalizing Hispanic, Black and Asian voters in a rapidly changing Texas.

Related posts:
District 1.  (4/19/2023)
District 2.  (4/19/2023)
District 3.  (4/19/2023)
District 4.  (4/21/2023)
District 5.  (4/21/2023)
District 6.  (4/21/2023)
District 7.  (4/24/2023)
District 8.  (4/24/2023)
District 9.  (4/25/2023)
District 10.  (4/25/2023)
District 11.  (4/26/2023)
District 12.  (4/26/2023)
District 13.  (4/27/2023)

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