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Texas Gerrymandering Controversy: Federal Hearing Sparks Civil Rights Concerns
10/3/2025
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Story summary
- A federal hearing in El Paso reviews Texas' new map, aimed at boosting Republican seats for 2026.
- Civil rights groups allege the map discriminates against minority voters.
- Texas officials call it a legal partisan gerrymander, not racially motivated.
- The map reduces minority-majority districts from 16 to 14, adds slim-majority districts.
- The case could reach the United States Supreme Court.
