Texas House redistricting.

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https://twitter.com/cassi_pollock/status/1443606339981299717

Thanks!

Anyone knows the partisan breakup?

Reportedly there are 86 Trump seats out of 150.

So still 4 seats short of quarum?

The quorum is 2/3. When there were two vacancies the quorum was 99 (and that was what was reached in the second called session). Oddly, one Democrat resigned to take a position at a community college. The other was Jake Ellzey who was elected in a special election to Congress.

One vacancy was filled this week. The other was almost picked up by a Republican in the special election, but will go to a runoff.

With 149 members, the quorum is back up to 100. Texas is somewhat odd in having a super-majority quorum. The original idea was to prevent a small minority gathering and acting as the whole body.

The simplest solution would be to deem that a representative has resigned of having 10 unexcused absences.

can they do this without an amendment? I feel this is too good to be ture. OR dems can do this as well I guess?

Sec. 10.  QUORUM; ADJOURNMENTS FROM DAY TO DAY; COMPELLING ATTENDANCE.  Two-thirds of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide.

Sec. 11.  RULES OF PROCEDURE; PUNISHMENT OR EXPULSION OF MEMBER.  Each House may determine the rules of its own proceedings, punish members for disorderly conduct, and, with the consent of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time for the same offense.

It would be tricky to expel an unruly member since that requires a 2/3 vote (refusing to attend sessions is clearly unruly since the intent is to disrupt process). To compel is a pretty broad authority.

But declaring an office vacant may be feasible. If you didn't come to work, and it was determined that you were sojourning in some distant location, haven't you quit?

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Bexar Demographics.

District	Biden	Trump	Voters	VAP
47	30.9%	67.8%	51.4%	White 56.4%, Hispanic 36.4%, Other 3.3%, Black 2.3%, Asian 1.7%,
93	72.4%	26.1%	24.7%	Hispanic 85.4%, White 9.9%, Black 2.8%, Other 1.2%, Asian 0.7%,
94	58.8%	39.4%	34.6%	Hispanic 43.1%, White 30.2%, Black 18.4%, Other 4.5%, Asian 3.7%,
95	69.0%	29.4%	35.3%	Hispanic 71.4%, White 21.6%, Black 3.5%, Other 2.1%, Asian 1.3%,
96	74.5%	24.2%	29.4%	Hispanic 73.3%, White 13.1%, Black 10.8%, Other 1.9%, Asian 0.9%,
97	45.2%	53.4%	51.3%	White 50.5%, Hispanic 33.9%, Asian 6.2%, Black 5.3%, Other 4.0%,
98	52.7%	45.6%	46.7%	White 45.6%, Hispanic 40.2%, Black 7.5%, Other 3.9%, Asian 2.8%,
99	53.5%	45.0%	31.8%	Hispanic 64.3%, White 24.6%, Black 6.7%, Other 2.9%, Asian 1.6%,
100	55.0%	43.3%	47.0%	Hispanic 45.0%, White 38.9%, Asian 6.6%, Black 5.9%, Other 3.6%,
101	60.7%	37.6%	41.4%	Hispanic 53.6%, White 30.4%, Black 6.4%, Asian 6.1%, Other 3.5%,
102	62.9%	35.5%	36.8%	Hispanic 62.1%, White 22.2%, Black 8.8%, Other 3.5%, Asian 3.5%,

Only one Trump district, which is one less than I had estimated, bringing my total state estimate to 84. HD-47 pushed HD-100 too far south. There is more variation than in the existing map which is designed to balance the Hispanic population and to pretend that 7/10 of the population doesn't live in the north of the county.

One criticism of my map would be that I did not create a "black" district in East San Antonio which is the traditional black ghetto. The housing stock is quite poor so there are abandoned houses, and it you have reasonable employment you are going to live elsewhere. San Antonio has a large military presence, and thus a large retired military population. Having worked in an integrated environment, you won't choose the ghetto.

When Ruth McClendon announced that she was not going to run for re-election contenders for her seat "moved" to the district so that they could establish the one-year residence to qualify to serve. When she resigned early, there was a special election and most of these candidates did not qualify resulting in the first Independent in nearly a century.

The proposed map has a 24% black VAP district. My top is 18%. To get the percentage up I would rotate HD-94, HD-96, HD-95, HD-98 (and HD-97) clockwise.

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Travis ISD's



Travis along with Burnet and Blanco are entitled to seven districts.

Travis needs to contribute contribute 0.682 to the Burnet+Blanco district. This will come from Lake Travis, Dripping Springs,Johnson City, Marble Falls, Lago Vista, and the western portion of Leander ISD's.

Plugerville ISD will form much of a district in northeast Travis.

Beginning with Round Rock ISD and the remainder of Leander ISD a district will be formed in northwest Austin.

Another district will take in Eanes (Westlake) ISD and southwest Austin.

The remaining three districts will be drawn from Austin ISD, and Del Valle and Manor ISD (note if you are reading aloud, "Manor" rhymes with "Boehner", with a long 'a' and schwa e).

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This shows the layout based on ISD's.



Round Rock ISD, and Eanes (Westlake) ISD are just the starting points for two districts.

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Travis Pass 2.



Travis West-Burnet-Blanco has been refined, only one precinct change is needed.

Pflugerville has been augmented up to the quota.

Austin Northwest and Austin Southwest have begun to be expanded.

At this point, while Austin ISD is shown with almost three districts, the former two districts and Austin Southeast will eat up one of the two districts, leaving two central districts.

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Travis Pass 3



I was concerned that the "Round Rock" district was pushing too far south into Austin. That was an incorrect understanding. The portion of RRISD in Travis County is in the city of Austin, and the significant portion of Austin in Williamson County is in RRISD. The city of Round Rock is more to the northeast.

Anyhow, I decided to push the Pflugerville district around to the Colorado River.

I closed out the southern part of the county by extending Austin Southwest and Austin Southeast out to I-35. This produces the central area with two districts, though it is too far north.

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Travis Pass 4/Final.



I realized I was eliminating one of the two Travis minority seats, so built one in the northeast.

Austin along I-35 is built up. That is why the major growth has been into Williamson reaching as far as Georgetown, and south into Hays near Kyle and Buda. You can't build tract housing in the Hill Country, so the option for lower cost new housing is to the east where the land is cheaper.

The area in North Austin is heavily Hispanic, and a necessary component of a minority district. Austin Southeast crossed I-35 to get to the quota. The area was selected based on race.

Austin Northwest extended further south than I anticipated. The boundary between Austin Northwest and Austin University was chosen to avoid intruding too close to the UT campus.

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Travis Final

District	Biden	Trump	Voters	VAP
50	38.7%	59.6%	55.6%	White 74.3%, Hispanic 14.3%, Asian 5.5%, Other 4.4%, Black 1.6%,
87	68.6%	29.1%	41.4%	White 40.0%, Hispanic 30.7%, Black 13.9%, Asian 11.1%, Other 4.3%,
88	78.2%	19.6%	30.0%	Hispanic 51.5%, White 25.2%, Black 15.4%, Asian 4.8%, Other 3.2%,
89	79.5%	18.2%	34.6%	Hispanic 52.2%, White 33.1%, Black 7.8%, Other 3.6%, Asian 3.3%,
90	74.5%	23.4%	57.5%	White 64.5%, Hispanic 15.6%, Asian 12.0%, Other 4.4%, Black 3.5%,
91	67.3%	30.5%	57.5%	White 64.4%, Hispanic 20.8%, Asian 7.6%, Other 4.3%, Black 2.8%,
92	84.0%	13.9%	56.0%	White 59.4%, Hispanic 21.7%, Asian 8.5%, Black 6.1%, Other 4.4%,

The most extreme Biden district is majority Anglo. HD-88 and HD-89 will be performing minority districts. There will be a complaint that HD-88 is only 15.4% Black, but the proposed map only gets to 19.7% and uses a more liberal definition, including Hispanic blacks and mixed race persons.

In general, Whites, Asians, and Hispanics have moved to Austin. Whites and Asians to work in high tech, and Hispanics to build houses and provide other service. The Black population is descended from slaves along the Colorado River or worked in state government in clerical work. The Texas government can't compete with high tech wages so as tended to move clerical work out of Austin or to contract it out.

In 2018 when it was an open seat (sort of) Sheryl Cole barely survived the Democratic primary against a Hispanic opponent.

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Collin ISD's.



Collin along with Hunt are entitled to six districts. Hunt has a population of 0.514, meaning that Collin has to finish up the district with 0.484.

The six rural districts: Celina, Melissa, Anna, Blue Ridge, Farmersville, Community (Nevada) have a population(0.430) almost enough to finish off Hunt district. It is unknown where the extra little nibble will manifest itself.

Frisco ISD has about enough for a district, as do McKinney and Prosper ISD together.

Plano ISD is just short of enough for two districts. This leaves Allen and Wylie along with Lovejoy and Princeton ISDs to form the last district.

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This shows the initial layout of the six districts.



I then began aligning district boundaries based on city limits. The cities of Plano and McKinney take in considerable areas on the eastern and southern edges of Frisco ISD. Once the Frisco ISD is reduced to the city of Frisco it is quite short of a district. But the city of Frisco extends well into Prosper ISD. By adding the cities of Prosper and Celina there is once again enough for a House district.

The added population within the city of Plano that is in Frisco ISD puts the Plano district close to two districts, including the city of Plano and the parts of Dallas and Richardson that are in Collin County.

The rest of the mapping is just shifting to conform to city limits.

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This is the final map:



Cities in each District:

Plano West: Western Plano, and Dallas in Collin County.

Plano East: Eastern Plano, Richardson in Collin County and Murphy.

Frisco-Prosper-Celina: Frisco, Prosper, and Celina. Also a bit of western McKinney to balance population.

McKinney: McKinney (except extreme western part), Fairview, and Lowry Crossing. Also a bit of northern Allen to balance population.

Allen-Wylie: Allen (except northern tip), Wylie, Lucas, Parker, St. Paul, and Sachse (part in Collin County).

The selection of Parker, Murphy, and Sachse for inclusion in Plano East or Allen-Wylie is based solely on balancing population.

Hunt-Collin East: Anna, Blue Ridge, Farmersville, Josephine, Lavon, Melissa, Nevada, New Hope, Princeton, Royse City (in Collin County), Van Alstiyne (in Collin County), and Weston.

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Collin Demographics

District	Biden	Trump	Voters	VAP
2	27.1%	71.3%	40.9%	White 66.6%, Hispanic 18.1%, Black 8.2%, Other 5.2%, Asian 1.8%,
66	44.6%	53.4%	47.8%	White 57.1%, Asian 15.1%, Hispanic 14.0%, Black 9.5%, Other 4.4%,
67	44.1%	53.9%	46.9%	White 58.3%, Hispanic 15.3%, Black 11.4%, Asian 10.5%, Other 4.5%,
68	44.4%	54.0%	45.0%	White 52.5%, Asian 21.6%, Hispanic 11.9%, Black 9.4%, Other 4.5%,
69	53.8%	44.6%	47.4%	White 49.7%, Asian 25.6%, Hispanic 10.6%, Black 10.1%, Other 4.0%,
70	54.9%	43.2%	45.7%	White 49.3%, Asian 19.7%, Hispanic 17.1%, Black 9.7%, Other 4.1%,

The two Plano districts were carried by Biden, but the three other districts were not overwhelmingly for Trump. The Hunter map could be a dummymander.

Asians are the largest minority group in four of five Collin districts, but they have not quite reached McKinney.

HD-67 (McKinney) has the largest black population. A feature of north Texas is that many small farming towns had a black neighborhood resulting from ex-slaves moving off the plantation or working as farm laborers. Collin County at one time had more population than Dallas County, before farming areas stagnated, and the cities began to grow.

McKinney as the county seat has more of a traditional population while the areas to the south have been overwhelmed by suburbanization.

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Denton ISD's




Denton along with Wise is entitled to five districts. Wise has a population of 0.350, which requires Denton to contribute about 0.653.

The Denton portion is a group eight districts around the periphery of the county, but about half is in Northwest ISD. Northwest ISD is "northwest" of Fort Worth and extends into both Tarrant and Wise counties. Given the concentration of population in southeast Wise because it is within (long) commuting distance of Fort Worth and DFW.

Lewisville and Carrollton ISDs has the population equivalent of two districts, which hopefully may be divided between the eastern part (Carrollton and The Colony) and the western part (Lewisville and Flower Mound).

Denton and Lake Dallas ISDs have population for another district. They are placed in the same district because they are adjacent and have the right population. Growth in Denton is mainly to the southeast because of the power of Dallas. Denton does have a bit of self identity because of the universities and being the county seat.

The final district will be made up of Frisco and Little Elm ISDs and smaller areas to their north. This is east of Lake Lewisville which isolates this area from Denton.

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Denton Pass 1



This is the initial layout based on ISD's.

(1) 7 districts along the western periphery to joined with Wise. About half this area in in Northwest ISD which extends into Wise County and is adjacent to the higher growth areas in southeastern Wise.

(2) Denton and Lake Dallas ISD's.

(3) Four districts east of Lake Lewisville including Frisco and Little Elm ISD's.

(4,5) Lewisville and Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD. These will be divided into two districts based on an east/west basis.

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Denton Final Map.



Districts were adjusted to conform to city boundaries and equalize populations. For example, the portion of Frisco in Lewisville ISD, and the portion of The Colony in Little Elm ISD were swapped.

(1) Denton County West-Wise: Argyle, Aubrey, Bartonville, Celina (in Denton), DISH (sic), Draper, Fort Worth (in Denton), Justin, Krugerville, Northlake, Pilot Point, Ponder, Roanoke, Sanger, Trophy Club and Westlake (in Denton).

(2) Denton City-Lake Dallas: Corinth, Cross Roads, Denton, Hickory Creek, Lake Dallas, and Shady Shores.

(3) Frisco-Little Elm: Frisco, Hackberry, Lakewood Village, Little Elm, Oak Point, Prosper, and Providence Village.

(4) Carrollton-The Colony: Carrollton (in Denton), Dallas (in Denton), Hebron, Lewisville (far eastern part, largely below the dam for Lake Lewisville), Plano (in Denton), and The Colony.

The portion of Lewisville was added for population balance. Much of it is non-residential.

(5) Lewisville-Flower Mound: Copper Canyon, Double Oak, Flower Mound, Highland Village, Lewisville (most of city), and Southlake (in Denton).

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Denton Demographics

District	Biden	Trump	Voters	VAP
61	23.3%	75.3%	49.0%	White 74.7%, Hispanic 15.3%, Other 5.0%, Black 2.8%, Asian 2.3%,
62	47.4%	51.3%	45.1%	White 53.4%, Hispanic 15.0%, Asian 13.6%, Black 13.2%, Other 4.8%,
63	49.1%	48.9%	45.1%	White 60.3%, Hispanic 20.8%, Black 9.8%, Other 4.8%, Asian 4.3%,
64	53.7%	44.8%	44.0%	White 45.2%, Hispanic 19.6%, Asian 16.7%, Black 14.1%, Other 4.4%,
65	43.3%	55.1%	47.8%	White 58.3%, Hispanic 19.0%, Asian 9.9%, Black 8.5%, Other 4.2%,

There are two Biden districts though HD-63 is only marginally so.

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Hidalgo ISD's



Hidalgo, Cameron, and Starr have seven districts. Four are wholly in Hidalgo, and two wholly in Cameron. The seventh district spans the three counties: Hidalgo 0.489, Starr 0.339 (entire county), and Cameron 0.170.

The district will be mainly along the Starr-Hidalgo line with the Hidalgo portion from La Joya ISD. There will be a long connector through the virtually unpopulated northern part of the county, and then a nibble out of Cameron (about 33,000 persons).

It is not as creepy as it sounds.

I think I was working on a theory you should have as few cross-border district as possible, so that districts with surpluses should be joined when possible. In 2011 a similar district was drawn (without Starr), but that was a last minute district and may have been drawn to minimize disruption of other districts.

An alternative arrangement would split the two larger counties. Hidalgo would be joined with Starr, Zapata, Jim Hogg, Brooks, and Duval.

Cameron would be joined with Willacy, Kenedy, Kleberg, Jim Wells, and San Patricio. The Webb-based district would add McMullen and Live Oak to make up for the loss of Zapata.

I'm not sure putting 30,000 Cameron residents in a district that stretches past Corpus Christi is an improvement.

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Hidalgo Layout



Several ISd's: Edinburg. La Joya, McAllen, and PSJA are larger than half a district and may not combined with neighbors.

Initial layout:

(1) Cross-border district: La Joya, link across Edinburg (about 3000 persons), and three small districts to reach Cameron.

(2) Mission and Sharyland and two small districts.

(3) East county: Weslaco, Donna, Mercedes.

(4,5): Edinburg, PSJA, and McAllen ISD's collectively have enough for two districts. McAllen and PSJA are the two smaller, so they are shown together.

City limits don't match ISD boundaries. This is particularly true for McAllen which extends into both Sharyland and PSJA ISD's to the north.

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Hidalgo final.



After stripping off the portion of Mission and Alton that extended into La Joya ISD the cross-county district has the correct population.

Adding the strips of the city of McAllen that is in Sharyland and PSJA ISD's we getting closer to a McAllen district. Adding in the cities of Palmhurst and Alton which are north of Mission, and taking in the extended areas of McAllen we get to enough population.

In Texas, cities can (or could) annex narrow strips of narrow land along roads. This was unilateral without land owner permission. Cities then have extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) that extends out from the boundaries - with distance dependent on the population of the city. For cities over 100,000 population, the extension is 5 miles. For the smallest cities it is 1/2 mile. New cities may not be incorporated in the ETJ, nor may other cities annex into the ETJ. If an area seeks to incorporate, they must first seek permission from the city that controls their ETJ. If consent is not given, the landowners may petition to be annexed to the city. If the city fails to annex, then incorporation can begin.

When cities could annex fence lines they could block out an area for future development of their city. Since McAllen was larger than its neighbors it could crowd them out. Concerned that Edinburg would expand to west, McAllen jogged west and then went north. So it turns  out that the district is very much a McAllen district.

The Edinburg district expanded east to get sufficient population, while the Weslaco-Donna  district added Alamo and San Juan.

This left Mission to be connected to Pharr, along with unincorporated or at least lightly developed areas south of San Juan and Alamo.

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Hidalgo Demographics

District	Biden	Trump	Voters	VAP
41	59.7%	39.2%	26.0%	Hispanic 91.1%, White 7.9%, Other 0.5%, Asian 0.3%, Black 0.2%,
42	56.6%	42.6%	28.0%	Hispanic 87.5%, White 9.0%, Asian 2.1%, Other 0.8%, Black 0.6%,
43	57.3%	41.5%	26.4%	Hispanic 90.8%, White 7.5%, Asian 0.9%, Other 0.5%, Black 0.3%,
44	60.2%	39.0%	23.1%	Hispanic 91.4%, White 5.4%, Asian 1.6%, Black 0.9%, Other 0.7%,

All Biden districts. McAllen did elect a Republican mayor. All the districts had low turnout.

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El Paso ISDs



El Paso and its ISD's have an odd geography. Growth of El Paso is limited by Mexico, the Rio Grande, New Mexico, the Franklin Mountains, and Fort Bliss. This has resulted in residential development being restricted to three fingers, one northwest along the river, one northeast between the Franklin Mountains and Fort Bliss, and one east into the desert south of Fort Bliss. Training areas for Fort Bliss extend for a vast area in New Mexico. The one road over the Franklin Mountains can be closed by snow in winter.

When ISD's were established, they were based on small farming villages along the Rio Grande. They extended northward in strips until they reached the Arctic Ocean New Mexico. Any students from this area were theoretical.

But as development of El Paso moved eastward (all the accoutrements of suburbia except lawns) it passed into these rural districts. First into Ysleta ISD, then Socorro ISD, and now into Clint ISD. Ysleta ISD was split by Fort Bliss, so that there is a northern area totally detached from the remainder of the district (I have shown it as a separate district - the red triangle on the New Mexico border, while the main part is the green area along the river.

Four of the seven high schools in Ysleta ISD are south of I-10, two north of I-10 in the main section and one in the northern detached area.

Five of the six high schools in Socorro ISD are north of I-10. These are among the largest high schools (6A) in the area.

Two of the three high schools in Clint ISD are north of I-10.

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El Paso layout.



Historically, El Paso County has had five districts, which have become increasingly underpopulated, but above the 95% threshold. In 2020 they are entitled to 4.455 districts which would result in districts below 89% of the quota.

So now the surplus of 0.455 must be combined with nine counties in the Trans-Pecos. This vast area has enough population for just over half of the district, while El Paso will need to supply 0.474.

County	Population	Share
Val Verde	47586	0.245
Pecos	15193	0.078
Reeves	14748	0.076
Brewster	9546	0.049
Presidio	6131	0.032
Hudspeth	3202	0.016
Culberson	2188	0.011
Jeff Davis	1996	0.010
Terrell	760	0.004
Total	101350	0.522

The El Paso portion will come from Clint ISD and three small districts.  This will have to be augmented from Socorro ISD.

Socorro and Ysleta ISDs will each have a district, though the Ysleta district will need to take in some of Socorro ISD.

El Paso ISD, along with Canutillo, Anthony, and the northern detached area of Ysleta ISD will form two districts.

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El Paso Final



Drawing of the districts was straightforward.

The Trans-Pecos district added a small area around the city of Horizon City to get near the quota. While only two districts are in El Paso ISD, four are in (or mostly in) the city of El Paso. All of Ysleta ISD is in El Paso (the village of Ysleta has been annexed into the city), and most of Socorro ISD is as well (the city of Socorro) is south of I-10.

The Ysleta district was expanded into the Socorro ISD in areas within the city of El Paso.

I started down the west side of the Franklin Mountains picking up population as I went. The last portion was south of I-10 which gives a relatively clean boundary, and gives El Paso East a stronger Fort Bliss orientation.

It might be feasible to do an North/South split. While the northern district would cross the Franklin Mountains the district could come far enough south that you drive around the tip (or at least with only a quick exit of the district). This would create (1) El Paso Northwest & Northeast, and (2) El Paso Central.

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El Paso Demographics.



HD-75

District	Biden	Trump	Voters	VAP
75	51.0%	47.4%	28.8%	Hispanic 80.9%, White 16.0%, Black 1.3%, Other 1.2%, Asian 0.6%,
76	70.9%	27.7%	34.5%	Hispanic 88.8%, White 8.0%, Black 1.6%, Other 1.0%, Asian 0.6%,
77	67.6%	30.8%	27.4%	Hispanic 85.9%, White 8.1%, Black 3.2%, Other 1.6%, Asian 1.1%,
78	64.0%	34.4%	36.0%	Hispanic 75.9%, White 18.3%, Asian 2.1%, Black 2.0%, Other 1.7%,
79	65.2%	32.9%	29.0%	Hispanic 69.7%, White 18.8%, Black 6.0%, Other 3.3%, Asian 2.2%,

HD-75 might be competitive, particularly if the Democrats nominated someone from El Paso. The voters in the Trans-Pecos will know who their state representative is and won't face such a long ballot.

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Fort Bend ISD



Fort Bend is entitled to four districts and part of a fifth. The fifth district (HD-26) includes all of Austin and Waller counties and extreme northwestern and western Harris County (Waller ISD and part of Katy ISD)

County	Population	Share
Austin	30167	0.155
Waller	56794	0.292
Harris	62826	0.323
Fort Bend	44726	0.230

A major feature of Fort Bend is the Brazos River, which enters the northwest corner of the district then turns east before turning south and flowing into the Gulf of Mexico in Brazoria County. Fort Bend was at a bend in the river which was near a favorable ford across the river. The location of the fort is now in Richmond. The actual site of the fort is now in the river due to erosion.

Upstream, the river forms the boundary between Austin and Waller counties (Waller County was detached from Austin County during Reconstruction).

There are three large ISD's in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend ISD is along the the Harris county line and east of the river and includes Missouri City and (most of) Sugar Land, the Fort Bend portion of Houston and unincorporated areas.

Lamar Consolidated ISD (LCISD) is headquartered in Richmond and was primarily to serve the Richmond and Rosenberg along with rural communities. Suburbanization has reached the district resulting in large population growth in the northern part of the district east (north) of the river, and also south of Richmond and Rosenberg. The area that is highlighted in yellow (by accident) is part of the district.

Katy ISD is in the northern part of the county and extends into Harris and Waller counties. The city of Katy is at the junction of the three counties.

There are also three smaller districts. Stafford Municipal School District is the only municipal school district in Texas and his operated by the city of Stafford. Brazos (Wallis) is in the extreme western part of the county. The city of Wallis is in far southern Austin County. Needville ISD in the southern part of the county around the city of Needville.

Kendelton ISD was along US 59 in the western part of the county. It was closed by the state and attached to LCISD and forms the western arm of that district.