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Kelly Hancock: “The vast majority of the growth in the state of Texas has…”

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State Sen. Kelly Hancock On Redistricting, Special Session

Published September 20, 2021 | Video Starts at 00:55

And under the new map that came out over the weekend, what was your reaction to the changes to your district? Well, we knew, based on the numbers that. Well, really, North Texas, The vast majority of the growth in the state of Texas has occurred in our backyard [North Texas]. So we know, we knew based on the pure numbers that there would be changes necessary up in our North Texas area. We saw that. (00:55–01:02)

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Asserts that North Texas has experienced the majority of Texas's population growth.

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