When the Texas House drew its redistricting maps during the most recent special session, incumbent lawmakers were largely protected, with their districts being shored up to hold control over the next decade.
Except for one.
Former State Rep. Jonathan Stickland joins Brandon Waltens for this episode of Redistricting Texas to take a look at how Republican lawmakers passed a map to give a Tarrant County House seat to the Democrats.
Stickland explains how the politics of redistricting can quickly become personal, and just what concerned citizens can do to hold their lawmakers accountable.