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The district's configuration dates from the 2003 Texas redistricting, when most of the old 9th district was split among three neighboring districts. The four-term Democratic incumbent in the 9th district, Nick Lampson , was unseated by Republican Ted Poe , a longtime felony-court judge in Harris County.
Texas's congressional districts since 2023. A long history exists of various individuals serving in the congressional delegations from the State of Texas to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, with all of this occurring after Texas as a territory was annexed as a State in December 1865.
The 2022 elections were the first to be based on the congressional districts which were defined based on the 2020 United States census. [ 3 ] Each state is responsible for the redistricting of districts within their state, while several states have one "at-large" division.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed a new congressional district map into law. Some congressional candidates planned to run in one district, but ended up living in another. State ...
Congress failed to pass reapportionment legislation after the 1920 census, leaving states with the same number of congressional districts as they had been apportioned under the 1910 census. It was only after the passage of the Reapportionment Act of 1929 that states were reapportioned congressional districts after the 1930 census. [45]
The nation’s second-biggest Congressional delegation would go from a 23-13 Republican edge to a 24-13 advantage, ... Texas will now have seven House districts where Latino residents hold a ...
The Texas Legislature drew new maps for Texas' congressional districts to account for the two new congressional districts it gained through the 2020 census. The Republican Party had a trifecta in the Texas Government at the time, giving them full control of the redistricting process. [6]
Here’s who’s running to represent Texas’ 24th Congressional District in the U.S. House. Harrison Mantas. October 9, 2024 at 2:21 PM. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times.