About 250 North Texans rallied in Arlington against the state Legislature’s unusual mid-decade redistricting efforts.

Protesters, many from outside of Tarrant County, sat through 98-degree heat for the Fight the Trump Takeover rally on July 28 as Democratic lawmakers spoke out ahead of a Texas House redistricting committee’s public hearing at the University of Texas at Arlington.

The hearing is the last of three held across Texas as state legislators consider redrawing a new congressional district map. The last time the state redistricted was in 2021, following the 2020 census.

“I understand redistricting for things like population change, but you don’t do it in the wrong way,” Arlington resident and UT-Arlington grad Darryl Owens said. “They’re trying to do the wrong thing.”

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