Monday, May 15, 2023

The Art of the Texas Gerrymander: U.S. House District 35

 
"Twister"
(Cracking San Antonio and Austin)
 
Greg Casar (D-Austin) won his first term in Congress with 74,9% of the vote in 2022.  



My San Antonio, 10/20/2020
A San Antonio resident on the east side of Pleasanton Road does not share a U.S. House representative with their neighbor across the street. 
Instead, that individual lives in the same congressional district as voters who live 95 miles away in North Austin. 
Texas' 35th Congressional District sweeps up swaths of San Antonio's South and East Sides, snakes north along Interstate 35 — a narrow strip not much wider than the highway — then stretches to fit both Kyle and Lockhart before swallowing up several areas of Austin.  
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The following year, the Supreme Court tossed out the challenges to District 35. The court's conservative majority sided with Texas lawyers who argued the state did not discriminate against voters of color in 2013 because lawmakers simply "embraced" maps approved by the lower court.

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)
District 14.  (4/27/2023)
District 15.  (4/28/2023)
District 16.  (4/28/2023)
District 17.  (4/29/2023)
District 18.  (4/29/2023)
District 19.  (4/30/2023)
District 20.  (5/1/2023)
District 21.  (5/2/2023)
District 22.  (5/3/2023)
District 23.  (5/4/2023)
District 24.  (5/5/2023)
District 25.  (5/6/2023)
District 26.  (5/7/2023)
District 27.  (5/8/2023)
District 28.  (5/9/2023)
District 29.  (5/9/2023)
District 30.  (5/10/2023)
District 31.  (5/11/2023)
District 32.  (5/12/2023)
District 33.  (5/13/2023)
District 34.  (5/14/2023)

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