Houston Public MediaOct 14

Fort Bend County commissioners voted during a heated meeting Monday to approve a new voting precinct map after months of debate over a rare, mid-decade round of redistricting.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/10/14/533304/fort-bend-county-commissioners-pass-new-voter-map-after-months-of-redistricting-debate/

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Fort Bend County commissioners pass new voter map after months of redistricting debate

The new voter map passed 3-2 along party lines, with Republican members of the commissioners court voting in favor of it.

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Houston Public MediaOct 10

Fort Bend County Commissioners will choose a new, redistricted voter map on Monday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/10/10/533136/fort-bend-county-commissioners-to-vote-on-redistricted-map-on-monday/

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Fort Bend County commissioners to vote on redistricted map on Monday

Members of the county's Citizens Redistricting Advisory Committee shared their recommended maps with commissioners on Thursday.

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Houston Public MediaOct 1

The Fort Bend County Citizens Redistricting Advisory Committee voted Monday to make its recommendations to the commissioners court, selecting its top five proposed voter maps.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2025/10/01/532313/fort-bend-redistricting-committee-to-recommend-five-voter-maps-to-commissioners/

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Fort Bend redistricting committee to recommend five voter maps to commissioners

All of the maps contain at least one competitive precinct where neither political party has a strong majority.

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Houston Public MediaSep 17

Fort Bend County commissioners on Tuesday passed a resolution affirming that the county’s redistricting committee is exempt from the Texas Open Meetings Act and the Texas Public Information Act.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/09/17/531178/fort-bend-redistricting-committee-not-subject-to-open-meetings-records-laws-commissioners-say/

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Fort Bend redistricting committee not subject to open meetings, records laws, commissioners say

Some members of the court argue the committee meeting does not have to comply with these standards because it does not have the authority to make binding decisions.

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Houston Public MediaSep 16

Fort Bend County will hold public hearing this weekend on five different potential new district maps.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/09/16/531021/fort-bend-redistricting-committee-approves-five-maps-for-public-hearings/

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Fort Bend redistricting committee approves five maps for public hearings

The committee will gather public feedback on the maps, though county commissioners will have the final say.

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Houston Public MediaAug 27

Fort Bend County commissioners on Tuesday appointed additional people to a redistricting advisory committee and voted to give themselves and other elected officials an annual raise.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/08/27/529593/fort-bend-commissioners-appoint-redistricting-committee-members-approve-raises/

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Fort Bend commissioners appoint redistricting committee members, approve raises for themselves

Amidst a partisan battle over mid-decade redistricting, the Democrats on the court made their appointments to a redistricting committee. Commissioners also approved raises for themselves and other elected officials.

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Houston Public MediaAug 13

An attorney who has advised Fort Bend County about redistricting since the 1990s said he would not recommend that the county redraw its voter map in the middle of the decade. It's the latest development in an ongoing partisan battle.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/08/13/528586/attorney-who-advised-fort-bend-during-2021-redistricting-cautions-against-redrawing-voter-map/

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Attorney who has advised Fort Bend County on redistricting cautions against mid-decade redrawing of voter map

At a time when Democrats and Republicans at the state and federal level are sparring over President Donald Trump's request that Texas lawmakers create up to five new GOP-held seats in Congress, Fort Bend commissioners began looking at the county's voter map after Republican state Rep. Matt Morgan sent a letter saying that Fort Bend's voter precincts did not meet the population requirements under state law.

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Houston Public MediaJul 23

A divided Fort Bend County Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to approve several appointees to its redistricting committee and clashed over the role of the county attorney, after Judge KP George proposed that the county hire outside legal counsel.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/07/23/527033/fort-bend-county-commissioners-clash-over-redistricting-role-of-county-attorney/

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Fort Bend County Commissioners clash over redistricting, role of county attorney

Fort Bend County Judge KP George introduced an agenda item to hire an outside law firm to advise commissioners, instead of the county attorney, who is an elected official.

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Houston Public MediaJul 9, 2025

A divided Fort Bend County Commissioners Court on Tuesday rejected a voter map put forward by Elections Administrator John Oldham after approving the creation of a committee and agreeing to hire a law firm to assist with redistricting.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/07/09/526047/fort-bend-county-commissioners-court-to-create-redistricting-committee-hire-outside-law-firm/

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Fort Bend County commissioners create committee, hire law firm for redistricting during contentious meeting

A divided commissioners court rejected a proposed voter map from Elections Administrator John Oldham that would have brought the county's voter precincts closer to state population requirements.

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Houston Public MediaMay 28, 2025

After a heated meeting this week that included booing from the crowd and about an hour of public comment, the Fort Bend County Commissioners Court remained in a deadlock over redrawing its voter precincts.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/05/28/522492/fort-bend-county-commissioners-court-again-reaches-deadlock-over-redistricting/

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Fort Bend County Commissioners Court in deadlock over redistricting

Democrats and Republicans in the Houston-area county have clashed over redrawing the county's maps after a state representative asserted that some voter precincts do not comply with state population requirements.

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