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Redistricting Texas

Barely underway, Texas redistricting draws its first lawsuit challenging Legislature’s authority to redraw legislative maps

Two Democratic state senators filed the federal suit arguing the Texas Constitution does not allow lawmakers to meet in special session to draw up state House and Senate districts. They’re asking the courts to do it instead.

The east rotunda of the Texas Capitol on April 12, 2021.

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