This interactive shows the geographic distribution of the committees in the Texas House, highlighting the district of each member of a given committee and, in a different color, the districts of the chairs and vice chairs. Some members are identified as co-chairs; that's an indication that they are paired with a state senator as head of a joint House-Senate committee.
The Texas Tribune is pleased to provide the opportunity for you to share
your observations about this story. We encourage lively debate on the issues
of the day, but we ask that you refrain from using profanity or other
offensive speech, engaging in personal attacks or name-calling, posting
advertising, or wandering away from the topic at hand. To comment, you must
be a registered user of the Tribune, and your real name will be displayed.
Thanks for taking time to offer your thoughts.
You must be logged in to leave a comment.Login | Sign-Up
Comments (4)
July 2, 2012 @ 10:58 a.m.
Greg Ellis
This is an outstanding tool! Thanks for adding this!
Excellent tool to provide information and promote transparency.
Now I can visually map the corruption! Environmental Regulation are in our oil-driven regions, redistricting lies with our richest and quite conservative hill-country dwellers, public health lies outside our fattest city, and transportation (in a largely metropolitan state) is mostly outside of urban environments. This explains a lot.
It's important to remember when looking at these maps that the SIZE of the district highlighted is not synonymous with the amount of "clout." Regardless of the geographical size of a House Member's district they each represent (roughly) the same number of people.
Comments (4)
Greg Ellis
This is an outstanding tool! Thanks for adding this!
Corey Leamon via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Excellent tool to provide information and promote transparency.
Now I can visually map the corruption! Environmental Regulation are in our oil-driven regions, redistricting lies with our richest and quite conservative hill-country dwellers, public health lies outside our fattest city, and transportation (in a largely metropolitan state) is mostly outside of urban environments. This explains a lot.
Courtney Reid via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It's important to remember when looking at these maps that the SIZE of the district highlighted is not synonymous with the amount of "clout." Regardless of the geographical size of a House Member's district they each represent (roughly) the same number of people.
Betty DuBose Hamilton via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Are we suprised? We out in West Texas have known that since forever!