AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas’ first special session of 2025 starts Monday, during which state lawmakers will consider new congressional maps approve the proposal.
Michael Li, senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, specializes in voter participation among minority communities in Texas. He said that the only possible way he sees Republicans being able to maximize gains in Texas is by breaking up majority-Black or Latino districts in cities, like Houston and Dallas.
“In Texas, there really isn’t a way to maximize Republican seats anymore without really targeting the political power of communities of color,” Li said. “It’s for districts that are majority non-white and that are all represented by Black or Latino members that have been floated around as districts that might be redrawn or tweaked in some way.”…