gerrymandering - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/gerrymandering/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:03:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 gerrymandering - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/gerrymandering/ 32 32 103504436 The Texas gerrymandering trial begins: How we got here. – Houston Public Media https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-texas-gerrymandering-trial-begins-how-we-got-here-houston-public-media/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-texas-gerrymandering-trial-begins-how-we-got-here-houston-public-media Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:03:48 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=a966b4d0989dff2f8f80eabfe93ed62e Harris County attorney condemns KP George's attempts to 'sideline' Fort Bend County attorney ... Fort Bend County Attorney Bridgette Smith-Lawson ...

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]]> 1035328 Gerrymandering across Texas | Opinion | fortbendstar.com https://houstonnewmedia.org/gerrymandering-across-texas-opinion-fortbendstar-com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gerrymandering-across-texas-opinion-fortbendstar-com Sun, 10 Aug 2025 20:10:04 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=cdf541abc16cea69b6bb225a6d4b3de0 Sugar Land · Culture · Restaurant Reviews · Sports · High Schools · School News ... Texas, of course. Thus the phone call. Abbott the Lapdog said ...

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]]> 1003881 Gerrymandering across Texas | Opinion | fortbendstar.com https://houstonnewmedia.org/gerrymandering-across-texas-opinion-fortbendstar-com-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gerrymandering-across-texas-opinion-fortbendstar-com-2 Sun, 10 Aug 2025 20:10:04 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=49b45cffd309a4ec1be1e8b4dfa3de3d Fort Bend County had a population of 822,779, in the 2020 census. Today it's estimated at 972,496. This huge influx of people has created changes ...

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]]> 1003894 OPINION: Gerrymandering through Texas – The Leader News https://houstonnewmedia.org/opinion-gerrymandering-through-texas-the-leader-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opinion-gerrymandering-through-texas-the-leader-news Tue, 05 Aug 2025 19:51:47 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=8fce3ba4091cf25d8d457b004fa68150 Fort Bend County had a population of 829,036 in the 2020 census. Today it's estimated at 958,434. This huge influx of people has created changes ...

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]]> 1000965 Gerrymandering in the US: When politicians choose their voters, not the other way around https://houstonnewmedia.org/gerrymandering-in-the-us-when-politicians-choose-their-voters-not-the-other-way-around/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gerrymandering-in-the-us-when-politicians-choose-their-voters-not-the-other-way-around Sun, 06 Nov 2022 14:58:24 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=c355aba719d22614a4dd766499948cb4 It results from mixing almost all of Fort Bend County, a diverse and dynamic place, with two others with a white majority and a tenth of the ...

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]]> 461460 Gerrymandering in the US: When politicians choose their voters, not the other way around https://houstonnewmedia.org/gerrymandering-in-the-us-when-politicians-choose-their-voters-not-the-other-way-around-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gerrymandering-in-the-us-when-politicians-choose-their-voters-not-the-other-way-around-2 Sun, 06 Nov 2022 14:58:24 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=ceb224782dd6f7b3d496db1df268994e Sugar Land (Texas) - Nov 06, 2022 - 09:58 EST. The newly created TX-22 electoral district, which borders Houston on the west and south, ...

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]]> 461488 Gerrymandering in the US: When politicians choose their voters, not the other way around https://houstonnewmedia.org/gerrymandering-in-the-us-when-politicians-choose-their-voters-not-the-other-way-around-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gerrymandering-in-the-us-when-politicians-choose-their-voters-not-the-other-way-around-3 Sun, 06 Nov 2022 14:58:24 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=32f6591bde1b4546aa152ce8ca94add2 Sugar Land (Texas) - Nov 06, 2022 - 09:58 EST. The newly created TX-22 electoral district, which borders Houston on the west and south, ...

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]]> 461502 How the Suburbs Have Changed Gerrymandering – The New York Times https://houstonnewmedia.org/how-the-suburbs-have-changed-gerrymandering-the-new-york-times/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-the-suburbs-have-changed-gerrymandering-the-new-york-times Thu, 02 Dec 2021 23:56:03 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=4921c30ac303be4cb2a956b3c9de7d77 Much of Fort Bend County will move into the Seventh District, already held by a Democrat. In some cases, Republicans have ceded cities in order to ...

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]]> 211766 Congressional gerrymandering by Texas GOP cut out the heart of Houston’s Asian community https://houstonnewmedia.org/congressional-gerrymandering-by-texas-gop-cut-out-the-heart-of-houstons-asian-community/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=congressional-gerrymandering-by-texas-gop-cut-out-the-heart-of-houstons-asian-community Fri, 26 Nov 2021 22:56:26 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=b41633016ca1113d45b6c7a74c7bbe1f Asian American populations in Fort Bend County have been cracked and packed between three Congressional districts 7, 9 and 22 by drawing new lines ...

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]]> 208421 Congressional gerrymandering by Texas Republicans cut out the heart of … – Houston Public Media https://houstonnewmedia.org/congressional-gerrymandering-by-texas-republicans-cut-out-the-heart-of-houston-public-media-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=congressional-gerrymandering-by-texas-republicans-cut-out-the-heart-of-houston-public-media-2 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 07:06:50 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=8a9e84781b380bab2b4c1c0f1ed42ce6 Asian and Pacific Islander populations surged in Texas over the past decade, but their political power is weakened under new congressional maps.

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]]> 206582 Congressional gerrymandering by Texas Republicans cut out the heart of … – Houston Public Media https://houstonnewmedia.org/congressional-gerrymandering-by-texas-republicans-cut-out-the-heart-of-houston-public-media/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=congressional-gerrymandering-by-texas-republicans-cut-out-the-heart-of-houston-public-media Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:07:18 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=c22e23eb67556b20df53c5f95681eb58 Growing Asian neighborhoods in Fort Bend County were in two congressional districts since 2013. The previous boundaries for these two districts, CD-9 ...

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]]> 206374 Congressional gerrymandering by Texas Republicans cut out the heart of … – Click2Houston https://houstonnewmedia.org/congressional-gerrymandering-by-texas-republicans-cut-out-the-heart-of-click2houston/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=congressional-gerrymandering-by-texas-republicans-cut-out-the-heart-of-click2houston Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:28:42 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=21eb793b8b02a2451df4b2b20f77a342 When Texas lawmakers redrew congressional maps following the 2020 ... also now includes all of Sugar Land, which is the most Asian town in Texas.

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]]> 206081 Congressional gerrymandering by Texas Republicans cut out the heart of Houston’s Asian … https://houstonnewmedia.org/congressional-gerrymandering-by-texas-republicans-cut-out-the-heart-of-houstons-asian/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=congressional-gerrymandering-by-texas-republicans-cut-out-the-heart-of-houstons-asian Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:47:30 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=f5b2ddf4d19e62a6dcd8e1d3175912f9 Rows of framed photographs line an office wall at the Korean Community Center, black-and-white images giving way to color over time.

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]]> 206033 Republican gerrymandering promises even more polarized Congress | TheHill https://houstonnewmedia.org/republican-gerrymandering-promises-even-more-polarized-congress-thehill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=republican-gerrymandering-promises-even-more-polarized-congress-thehill Sun, 31 Oct 2021 22:19:07 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=e3283bb33ec281a1bcce1084a9ba596b Population growth came overwhelmingly from people or color and in Democratic-leaning metro areas, but Republicans show little interest in maps ...

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]]> 193934 Redistricting Countdown: What You Can Do to Help Stop Partisan Gerrymandering https://houstonnewmedia.org/redistricting-countdown-what-you-can-do-to-help-stop-partisan-gerrymandering/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=redistricting-countdown-what-you-can-do-to-help-stop-partisan-gerrymandering Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:14:32 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=28908 Below, is a message about gerrymandering reprinted verbatim from Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Jack Cagle. It discusses a redistricting proposal that will be considered in a special meeting of Commissioner’s Court tomorrow afternoon at 4 PM. In addition to the issues I discussed yesterday, it addresses: Creation of a supermajority as it relates to… […]

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