The 150 districts didn’t change, but the vote ensured the House met its constitutional requirement to approve new maps in the first regular session following formal publication of the 2020 census results.
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Pandemic-related delays pushed the release of the 2020 census results past the end of the last regularly scheduled session in May 2021. But they also pulled back on Hispanic and Black voters’ potential influence in choosing their representatives. Like the Senate map, the House map drew the ire of Democrats, civil rights groups and Texans from across the state who criticized Republicans for not adequately reflecting the crucial role people of color played in fueling the state’s population gains. Of the nearly 4 million people added to the population count in the 2020 census, 95% were people of color. Nearly 2 million were Hispanic.
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