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The latest redistricting news from The Texas Tribune.

  • Updated: 2012 Primary Election Candidates List

    By Ross Ramsey

    We've updated our list of 2012 primary candidates, adding the latest filings to the major political parties. Candidates for Congress, the Texas House and Texas Senate are filing under political maps that are still the subject of federal court fights. Full Story 

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  • Interactive: What's My District Now?

    By Ryan Murphy

    Pending any legal intervention, the three court-issued redistricting maps (House, Senate and Congress) and the State Board of Education map drawn up by the 82nd Legislature are now in effect. Use our interactive to see which district you live in now and who represents you. Full Story 

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    Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman / Ryan Murphy

  • TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

    By Ross Ramsey

    Root and Tan on the restoration of the Governor's Mansion and on the Perrys' expensive replacement digs, E. Smith's TribLive interview with three freshman legislators in El Paso, M. Smith on tough financial standards for local school districts, Ramshaw and Murphy on Texas docs paid by drug companies, yours truly on new congressional and legislative redistricting maps, Hamilton on the biggest competitive endeavor in Brownsville's schools and Aguilar on how border mayors feel about military equipment in their cities: The best of our best content from November 21 to 25, 2011. Full Story 

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    Credit: Graphic by Benjamin Hasson

  • Peña Won't Run for Re-election

    By Ross Ramsey

    State Rep. Aaron Peña, R-Edinburg, says he can't win re-election under new court-drawn redistricting maps and won't seek another term in the Texas House. It would have been his first election as a Republican. Full Story 

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  • The Mother Lode for Redistricting Nerds

    By Ross Ramsey

    The Texas Legislative Council has a terrific redistricting section on its website, with full statistical reporting on all of the new maps, including geography, demographics, incumbencies, and election results all the way back to 2002. Full Story 

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  • Court Increases Minority Districts in Texas Legislature

    By Ross Ramsey

    A panel of federal judges in San Antonio ordered the state to conduct its 2012 House and Senate elections using political maps drawn by the court and not those drawn by the state, issuing final maps that give minority voters — and Democrats — more power. The state's top lawyer will move immediately to stop the new maps. Full Story 

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  • Pins and Needles

    By Ross Ramsey

    Holiday redistricting stories, not unusual things if you've watched this for a while, always start with three wise persons in the guise of federal judges. It's super-sized this year, with six wise men, three in San Antonio and three in Washington. Full Story 

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  • Updated: Courts Revise Maps for Legislative Elections

    By Ross Ramsey

    Federal judges in San Antonio ordered the state to conduct its 2012 House and Senate elections using political maps drawn by the judges and not those drawn by the state, issuing final maps that give minority voters — and Democrats — more power. Full Story 

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  • Court Releases Congressional Maps

    By Ross Ramsey

    A panel of three federal judges in San Antonio proposed new congressional districts for Texas today. Among the headlines: It looks like U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, and state Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, won't be running against each other. Full Story 

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    Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman