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Kelly Hancock: “Our job is to address the population growth that we've had…”

Featuring: Kelly Hancock, Republican | State Senator, Texas, District 9

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State Sen. Kelly Hancock On Redistricting, Special Session

Published | Video Starts at 00:28

How big of a legal fight are you expecting? Well, I mean, Jack, as you've experienced, history tells us there will be legal arguments over this. You know, Our job is to address the population growth that we've had, meet our constitutional obligation, and make sure that we do have a representative republic that's evenly divided among the 31 senators. And your district is proposed to be changing. And under the new map that came out over the weekend, what was your reaction to the changes to your district? (00:28–00:41)

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Asserts the need to address population growth and ensure equal representation among 31 senators.

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