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Vincent Perez: “There are no 70, 80, 90% Republican districts because there…”

Featuring: Vincent Perez, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 77

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Racial Gerrymandering in Texas: A Lawmaker Speaks Out

Published | Video Starts at 18:43

That's what you're not going to hear from both Republican and Democratic candidates. You're stuck in a place that's probably overwhelmingly Democrat, probably by 70, 80, 90% Democrat. There are no 70, 80, 90% Republican districts because there aren't enough white resident majority districts. That's why, you know, Republicans who are winning all these districts, the white population is being spread out so thin, you know, that the Republicans win, you know, between 50 to 55% in many of these races. (18:43–18:53)

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Asserts that there are no overwhelmingly Republican districts due to a lack of white-majority areas.

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