Redistricting hearing in El Paso could determine control of US House

Redistricting hearing in El Paso could determine control of US House

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Hispanics accounted for nearly half of Texas’ population growth in the decade ending 2020 and 2 out of 5 state residents now identify as Hispanic or Latino, according to the U.S. census. But in the five years that followed the number of Hispanics representing Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives only went from seven to eight, and the state’s mid-decade congressional redistricting threatens to dilute their p…