Lorianne Willett/KUT News

The Texas House passed its proposed congressional redistricting map Wednesday on a vote of 88-52. The final, procedural vote was underway Wednesday evening. Next, the map will head to the state Senate for consideration.

The vote followed a fierce debate that stretched over more than eight hours, coming just two days after the chamber reestablished a quorum with the return of Democratic representatives.

State Rep. Todd Hunter (R-Corpus Christi) authored the House bill , but he claimed not to know who drew the map – only that it came from the same law firm, Butler Snow, that advised him as to the map's legality. He repeatedly pointed to a 2019 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Rucho v. Common Cause , which held that partisan gerrymandering in

See Full Page