After 7 hours of debate Aug. 20, the Texas House signed off on a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts. The party-line vote came two days after approximately two dozen House Democrats ended a two-week walkout in protest of the redistricting effort.

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Rep. Todd Hunter, a Corpus Christi Republican who filed the proposed map , said 37 of Texas’ 38 congressional districts would be redrawn, with “the primary changes focused [on] five districts for partisan purposes.”

“The underlying goal of this plan is straightforward: to improve Republican political performance,” Hunter told House members Aug. 20. “Each of these newly-drawn districts now trend Republican. While there's no guarantee of electoral success, Republicans will now have an opportunity to potent

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