Texas' two new congressional districts added to Houston and Austin in proposed redistricting map [View all]
Source: Texas Tribune
Texas lawmakers on Monday released their first draft of a new congressional map for the next decade that includes two new districts in Austin and Houston — metropolitan areas with diverse populations that fueled much of the state's population growth over the past 10 years.
Republicans constructed this map with incumbent protection in mind — a strategy that focused on bolstering Republican seats that Democrats targeted over the last two election cycles rather than aggressively adding new seats that could flip from blue to red. However, the map does in fact strengthen Republican positioning overall, going from 22 to 25 districts that voted for Donald Trump in 2020. The number of districts that voted for Joe Biden would shrink by one, from 14 to 13.
Texas members of the House GOP delegation were closely involved in the drawing process and approved the map last week, according to two sources close to the Texas delegation.
While many incumbents appear safe in these maps, others were drawn into districts that overlap with one another — for example, the proposed map pits Houston Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw against Democrat Rep. Sylvia Garcia. It also pits two Houston Democrats — Reps. Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee — against each other.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/24/texas-congressional-redistricting/
ARTICLE BY BY JAMES BARRAGÁN, ABBY LIVINGSTON AND CARLA ASTUDILLO
District viewer map for proposed districts: https://dvr.capitol.texas.gov/Congress/14/PLANC2101
District viewer map for current districts: https://dvr.capitol.texas.gov/Congress/0/PLANC2100
Click on each district for demographic information and incumbent.
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