State Rep. Claudia Ordaz Perez may be gearing up to challenge state Rep. Art Fierro after Texas lawmakers drew her current district out of the Texas House redistricting plan. Ordaz Perez changed her voter registration ...
A congressional redistricting map that splits Fort Bliss between two congressional seats was given final approval by both chambers of the Texas Legislature Monday. It now goes to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature — ...
El Paso’s Texas House delegation failed to convince their Republican colleagues Tuesday to revise a proposed redistricting plan that pits incumbent El Paso Democrats against one another in next year’s election. The Texas House voted ...
The first draft of a new Texas House map gives El Paso County less representation in the state Legislature’s lower chamber and pits two lawmakers who refused to end House Democrats’ quorum break against each ...
Texas Republicans released their first draft of a new state congressional map that reshapes El Paso’s two congressional seats. Fort Bliss would move from the 16th Congressional District to the 23rd Congressional District under the ...
El Paso County’s population grew by just over 5% in the past decade, a historically slow growth rate that could have political and financial implications for years to come, according to new Census Bureau population ...
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