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Less than a week before Election Day, the politics of redistricting continue to reverberate in Texas.

On Tuesday, state Rep. Bill Zedler, R-Arlington, joined Democratic lawmakers who have questioned the tactics used by House Speaker Joe Straus' office during the redistricting process last year.

Democrats, including state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer of San Antonio, have accused Straus' office of leading the discriminatory conduct that got the maps thrown out in federal court in August.

"The House members who in good faith voted for these redistricting maps certainly have the right to know that the process was conducted ...

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