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1/ Gerrymandering has backfired for Republicans in Dallas County.

Republicans had hoped to keep a majority of Texas House seats there when they redrew district boundaries.

Now, they hold onto only two of 14.

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2/ In 2010 amid a red wave, Republicans picked up several Dallas County seats just before the next round of redistricting. bit.ly/2RFwqiz

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3/ Democrats allege Republicans packed and cracked Latino voters across the county to diminish their voting strength overall and ensure a GOP majority.

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4/ But Republicans “shaved those things off a little too close because they got greedy,” said Jose Garza, a voting rights lawyer who helped challenge the GOP’s mapmaking. bit.ly/2RFwqiz
5/ “The lesson is you can get too clever in gerrymandering,” said Michael Li, a redistricting expert with the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. bit.ly/2RFwqiz

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6/ During redistricting in 2011, the number of seats in Dallas County dropped from 16 to 14.

Both of those losses were Republican-held seats, but Republicans were still able to carve up the county in a way that gave them a two-seat advantage. bit.ly/2RFwqiz
7/ Here’s what happened in 2012. bit.ly/2RFwqiz

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8/ Here’s what happened in 2014. bit.ly/2RFwqiz

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9/ Here’s what happened in 2016. bit.ly/2RFwqiz

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10/ And now it’s 2018. Republicans hold onto two of the 14 seats. They used to hold 8. bit.ly/2RFwqiz

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11/11 2012 vs. 2018 in Dallas County in Texas.

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2/ It’s called civil asset forfeiture.

Police can take cash and property they believe to be related to criminal activity, even if the person involved is never charged with a crime. #txlege bit.ly/2BY6ObF
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1/ School segregation is far from a distant memory in Texas.

48 years ago, a judge ordered the Longview school district to desegregate its schools.

But an educational gap remains. And some fear the progress that’s been made could be lost. bit.ly/2BEzw0U
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1/ Texas Democrats were hoping for a historic year in 2018. What they got instead was hope for 2020.

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2/ One source of Democratic optimism: single-digit victories this year for a handful of Republican incumbents who swept into office by double digits in 2014.

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3/ Other bright spots for Democrats came in the U.S. House and the Texas House, where Democrats knocked off powerful Republicans.

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#Texas political affiliation, according to 2014 Pew Survey.

Top level: Texas is a preponderance Democrat state run almost entirely by Republicans. In some areas, the only challenger to Republican candidate is a Libertarian.

Let's drill down one level...
A mystery starts to unravel. Texans who are strongly Republican. Latinos are mixed/lean Democrat, and blacks are Democrat.

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