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Texas' 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives serves the northeastern portion of the state of Texas. As of 2022, the 1st district contained 775,992 people. It consists largely of three small East Texas metropolitan areas—Texarkana, Texas, Longview–Marshall, and Tyler. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index ...
The 1985 United States House of Representatives special election in Texas's 1st congressional district was held on June 29, 1985, to select the successor to Sam B. Hall (D) who was appointed as a U.S. District Judge by President Ronald Reagan. [1]
As a result of the 1990 United States census, Texas was entitled to three additional congressional districts.In a called session in 1991, the Texas Legislature decided to draw one new Hispanic-majority district in South Texas (District 28), one new African-American majority district in Dallas County (District 30), and one new Hispanic-majority district in the Houston area (District 29).
Elements of the conservative strategy for winning school board seats across Texas can be traced to a year ago, on May 1, 2021, when two candidates running in opposition to a school diversity plan ...
The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the thirty-eight U.S. representatives from the State of Texas, one from each of the state's congressional districts.
Republicans have complete control of the congressional redistricting process in Texas, as any new maps are drawn and passed by the Republican-held state legislature and signed into law by the Republican governor. [1] This has resulted in Texas’ maps being a partisan gerrymander, with few competitive districts. [2] [3]
Public schools in Texas now have the option to use a new, state-written curriculum infused with Bible stories after the state’s school board voted in favor of the material on Friday.. A slim ...
Texas state elections in 2016 were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Primaries were held on March 1, 2016, with runoffs taking place on May 24, 2016. [1]In addition to the US Presidential Race, Texas voters elected 1 of 3 members of the Texas Railroad Commission, 8 of 15 members of the Texas Board of Education, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, 3 of 9 seats on the Supreme ...