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El Paso News Opinion: The Real Problem (and Solution) With Redistricting Is Simple: The Maps Don’t Make Sense

Posted on August 28, 2025
Chris Hernandez argues that race-based arguments simply don’t persuade the independents and moderates the Democrats need to win.

By Chris Hernandez Rep. Vince Perez recently told El Paso News that Texas’s new congressional maps are “racially engineered.” He’s not wrong. That’s exactly the right argument in court, where the Voting Rights Act remains one of the few tools for fighting gerrymandering. But here’s the catch: what works in a courtroom doesn’t work with […]

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