Republicans are about to lose Texas – so they’re changing the rules | The fight to vote

For years, Fort Bend county was a Republican bastion, but recently it has become more politically competitive as local organizers work against gerrymandering

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Happy Thursday,

A few months ago, on the verge of the once-a-decade redistricting cycle, my editors and I started brainstorming how I could best write about the partisan manipulation of the boundaries for electoral districts - known as gerrymandering.