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Texas Redistricting Under Fire: Racial Data Denied in Court

10/11/2025

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Adam Kincaid, director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, testified in a federal court in El Paso, Texas that he did not use racial data to draw the Texas map.
He said instructions came only from the White House and Texas Republicans.
Civil rights groups say the map dilutes nonwhite voter power, and Texas officials say it aims to gain seats.
The court is weighing the map’s constitutionality.

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Adam Kincaid, director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, testified in a federal court in El Paso, Texas that he did not use racial data to draw the Texas map.
He said instructions came only from the White House and Texas Republicans.
Civil rights groups say the map dilutes nonwhite voter power, and Texas officials say it aims to gain seats.
The court is weighing the map’s constitutionality.