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Vincent Perez: “White residents get one congressional seat for every 430,000…”

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 11:02

So what does that mean? Well, when you divide that 11 million by the 26 seats that they're going to get, that means that White residents get one congressional seat for every 430,000 people. But when you look at the 11 million and the seats that Latinos are getting, it's one congressional representative for every 1.2 million Latinos. (11:02–11:08)

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Asserts that in Texas, white residents have one congressional seat per 430,000 people.

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