Talarico's Votes on Maps

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James Talarico, Democrat, promises to ban partisan gerrymandering. We check that promise against his record on maps, and against what the Republican majority did with the pen in 2025.

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August 2025. The Texas House passes a map redrawing five Democratic-held congressional seats to flip. 88 to 52. Party line.

Short cuts

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Drawing the map so your side wins before anybody votes

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Maps get redrawn after a census. This was the middle of the decade.

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Eighty-five to six to issue arrest warrants

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Hold him to the promise. Hold them to the map.

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Eighty-five to six to issue arrest warrants

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Talarico was one of the first Democrats to go back

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Winning in court isn't the same as the reason you started

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In 1965, the Voting Rights Act said your right to vote would not depend on the color of your skin.

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