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Senate passes SB4 redrawing U.S. House map; author says plan is race-neutral and designed to elect more Republicans
Summary
The Texas Senate approved Senate Bill 4, a new congressional map the bill—s author said was drawn from 2020 census data and based on political performance, not race. The floor debate focused on the legal standards for equal population and on public testimony received in regional hearings.
Senator King, the Senate author of SB 4, prevailed on the floor Wednesday as the Senate approved a new congressional map the bill would adopt for U.S. House elections.
SB 4, King told colleagues, "is the companion to HB 4, line for line, which passed out of the House Committee on 08/02/2025." King said the map is based on the 2020 census and was designed to meet one-person, one-vote population equality and to "elect more Republicans to the U. S. Congress." The bill passed final passage on a recorded vote of 19 ayes, 2 nays, 9 absent and was declared finally passed by the Secretary.
Why it matters: redrawing congressional districts changes who votes together and can change which party is likely to win a seat. King told senators the map was built on political performance and not on race, describing compactness as a further aim after public testimony criticized some current district shapes.
On the floor, King summarized the process that…
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