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  • 5 days ago | fortworthreport.org | Miranda Suarez

    Tarrant County commissioners are set to vote on a new political map June 3, after two months of debate over whether Republicans are trying to politically or racially gerrymander the county. Each commissioner represents one geographic precinct, except for the county judge, who represents the entire county. The proposed maps would largely reshape the two Democratic precincts, Precincts 1 and 2, and make Precinct 2 more Republican, data shared by the county shows.

  • 5 days ago | keranews.org | Miranda Suarez

    Tarrant County commissioners are set to vote on a new political map Tuesday, after two months of debate over whether Republicans are trying to politically or racially gerrymander the county. Each commissioner represents one geographic precinct, except for the county judge, who represents the entire county. The proposed maps would largely reshape the two Democratic precincts, Precincts 1 and 2, and make Precinct 2 more Republican, data shared by the county shows.

  • 1 week ago | keranews.org | Miranda Suarez

    Tarrant County Democratic leaders at the national and local level gathered Tuesday to denounce the county’s redistricting attempt, which would make Democratic County Commissioner Alisa Simmons’ precinct more Republican-friendly before she’s up for reelection next year, past election data shared by the county shows.

  • 2 weeks ago | fortworthreport.org | Miranda Suarez

    Republican Tarrant County Commissioner Matt Krause put it plainly at a public hearing in Hurst Wednesday night: He supports redistricting because he wants another Republican on the commissioners court. In April, Krause and his fellow Republican commissioners made the unusual move to redraw the court’s precinct map in the middle of the decade. Democrats say Republicans are trying to gerrymander the county, or manipulate the maps to make it easier for Republicans to win.

  • 2 weeks ago | keranews.org | Miranda Suarez

    Republican Tarrant County Commissioner Matt Krause put it plainly at a public hearing in Hurst Wednesday night: He supports redistricting because he wants another Republican on the commissioners court. In April, Krause and his fellow Republican commissioners made the unusual move to redraw the court’s precinct map in the middle of the decade. Democrats say Republicans are trying to gerrymander the county, or manipulate the maps to make it easier for Republicans to win.

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