AUSTIN, Texas — Legislators will take up redistricting this session, opening up the possibility for Republicans to further redraw districts in their favor.
The Texas Senate voted unanimously to take up redistricting, a once-in-a decade practice of redrawing political district boundaries to accommodate changes in population. The Legislature undertook the process in 2021, after 2020 census figures showed the state grew more than any other in the U.S. Many Democrats decried it as gerrymandering.
The prospect of redrawing district lines comes after litigation from Democratic Sens. Sarah Eckhardt of Austin and Roland Gutierrez of San Antonio. Both charged that 2021′s redistricting violated the Texas Constitution.
