Supreme Court delivered a blow to Texas Black and Latino voters.

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Supreme Court recently rejected an appeal from Black and Hispanic Texas voters who

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claimed that Republican-led lawmakers redrawn state Senate boundaries to purposefully reduce their ability to vote

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The new state Senate district lines may “disproportionately damage minority voters” in Tarrant County,

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a panel of three judges ruled, but there is no proof that the legislature’s “actual motivation was racial”

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Senate District 10, which includes a portion of Fort Worth in north-central Texas, is at the focus of this controversy.

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The district is currently held by Democratic state Senator Beverly Powell,

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Democratic state Senator Beverly Powell, who opted not to run for reelection in April because she believed the newly established district lines made the seat unwinnable.

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Republican Phil King will now serve as the representative in the House; he was the only candidate.

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