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Houston City Council Map Could Change After 2020 Census
Posted on · District E’s councilmember is calling for the city to take another look at Kingwood and Clear Lake.
Tag: REDISTRICTING
Houston Matters
Redistricting Maps, And Karl Roves Says Texas Could Turn Blue: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The News
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
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Texas Won Its Redistricting Fight At The Supreme Court; Now It Hopes To Use That Win To Wrap Up Its Voter ID Suit
Posted on · In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling over the state's political maps, Texas is now trying to eliminate the possibility of a return federal oversight of its election laws as part of the case against the state's voter ID law.
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Supreme Court Rules For Texas Redistricting Plans
Posted on · The Supreme Court overturns a lower courts ruling that the use of electoral districts is racially discriminatory
Party Politics
Party Politics, Ep. 54: Gerrymandering, Texas Style, At SCOTUS
Posted on · Brandon and Jay talk about some of the problems at HISD
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Analysis: It Doesn’t Matter What The Supreme Court Says, Texas Republicans Already Won Redistricting
Posted on · The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a Texas redistricting case that could ultimately result in big changes to the state's political maps. But the courts have taken seven years to get this far, and that's a win for the Republicans favored by the current maps.
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Texas Redistricting Fight Returns To the U.S. Supreme Court. Here’s What You Need To Know
Posted on · The U.S. Supreme Court starts hearing a case on Tuesday over whether Texas' congressional and state House maps were drawn with the intent to discriminate against Hispanic and black voters.
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Texas Among Numerous Redistricting Challenges Pending In Courts
Posted on · In Texas last year, the federal court ruled that some districts were racially gerrymandered to weaken the electoral power of growing minority populations
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Supreme Court Delivers Blow To Republicans, Declines To Take Up Pa. Redistricting
Posted on · The court decided Monday not to take up a GOP challenge to a Pennsylvania state court decision that could result in Democrats picking up a handful of House seats
Podcast
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 46: What to do about guns?
Posted on · Brandon and Jay walk us through new electoral lines being drawn in Pennsylvania, how twice as many women are running for office this year and President Trump endorsing Mitt Romney for a Senate seat in Utah
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Obama-Backed Committee Targeting Races In 11 States, Including Texas
Posted on · The group is targeting races in 11 states, including nine gubernatorial races, 18 legislative chambers, two ballot initiatives and two down-ballot races
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Court Allows Pennsylvania To Redraw GOP-Favored District Map
Posted on · The state Supreme Court said it expects new districts to be in place by Feb. 19
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Analysis: Changing Redistricting Rules Could Change Who Texas Sends To Congress — Dramatically
Posted on · Texas lawmakers have shown time and again that their preference is for maps that protect incumbents and the political parties in charge. To get different results, you’d have to change the rules of redistricting
Podcast
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 40: Oprah 2020 And Trump Legislative Roundup
Posted on · “Why would you want to be president when you can be Oprah? Being Oprah is so much better!” – Brandon Rottinghaus, co-host of Party Politics, on Oprah’s Golden Globes speech that left a lot of people speculating that she might run for president in 2020.
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How The Texas Redistricting Lawsuit Outlived a Voter Who Sued
Posted on · The six-year battle over the state’s redistricting plan illustrates how a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling four years ago has shifted the burden in challenges of such laws.