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Shell_Seas

(3,474 posts) Thu Jan 26, 2023, 02:45 PM Jan 2023

I testified against gerrymandering for the State Senate today.

It's up on the Living Blue Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/LivingBlueTX/videos/915599679455418/

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I testified against gerrymandering for the State Senate today. (Original Post) Shell_Seas Jan 2023 OP

I am in SD10 and what was done to us was so bad yellowdogintexas Jan 2023 #1

Oh, I know. It was a travesty. Shell_Seas Jan 2023 #2

I testified before the House and Senate redistricting committees back in2013 LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 #3

That's awesome! Shell_Seas Feb 2023 #4

yellowdogintexas

(22,819 posts)

1. I am in SD10 and what was done to us was so bad

Reply to Shell_Seas (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2023, 02:53 PM

Jan 2023

that our incumbent State Senator Beverly Powell opted to drop out of the race because so much of her support was drawn into another district.

The map essentially leaves Fort Worth without a senator of its own. Instead the city is parceled out into several different districts.