PASADENA, Texas – A Pasadena councilman has joined civil‑rights groups including LULAC and MALDEF, in a lawsuit challenging Texas’s new congressional maps , saying the mid‑decade redraw was rushed, weakens minority voting power, and was done for political advantage.

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Councilman Emmanuel Guerrero said the change moved Pasadena out of Congressional District 29 into a reconfigured CD 9 that now stretches into Liberty County.

“Now all of Pasadena, all the way to Liberty County , is Congressional District 9,” Guerrero said, arguing the swap makes the district more favorable to the president and reduces Hispanic influence."

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