Al Green’s Exit Marks End of Partisan Gerrymandering
After nearly two decades in Congress, Representative Al Green (TX-9) will soon leave office—not by retirement or scandal, but because his district no longer exists. In 2025, Texas Republicans redrew congressional maps, eliminating Green’s Houston-based 9th District along with several others. Democrats immediately cried racism, with Green comparing the GOP’s actions to segregationists of the … Continued